A wedding is, in my considered opinion, nothing short of a celebration of all that is false and specious and irrational and sentimental in this ailing and morally compromised world.

在我的信念中，婚礼简直就是为了庆祝个病态的道德败坏的世界中一切虚伪、而不实、荒谬、感伤的东西。

And Mr Monti could prove a good foil for the slick, showy tycoon.

而蒙蒂可以证明自己是位而不实，极尽炫耀的商业大亨很好的反衬。

You want me to use my intelligence in a tawdry competition?

你想让我把才智浪费在种而不实的比赛上吗？

He was a son of God—a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that—and he must be about His Father's Business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty.

他是上帝的——个称号，如果有什么意义的话，就是字面的意思——因此他必须为他的天父效命，献身于一种博大、庸俗、而不实的美。

So this might all sound a little fine and dandy, and may be obvious or trivial, but the truth is, so many of us don't take time out for regular reflection.

听起来可能有而不实，或者显而易见、微不足道，但是事实上我们大多数人都不会花时间定期反思。

He's not, you know, impressed by flashy stuff.

你知道，他对而不实的东西不感兴趣。

Tongue in cheek? Perhaps. Yet, for all his playfulness, Mr Tesson is in earnest.

而不实？或许吧。但在他所有嬉言之下却有着一颗虔诚的心。

No true miser would waste their wealth on such frills.

真正的吝啬鬼不会把钱浪费在而不实的东西上。

I guess both women are extremely modest. They're not flashy, and they're not showing off.

我认为两名女性都非常谦虚。她们并不是而不实，她们也没有炫耀。

Things that are flashy are especially bright or noticeable.

而不实的东西特别鲜艳或引人注目。

The benefits were often, however, too gaudy to please.

然而，优待往往而不实, 我无法因此而高兴起来。

You don't take over the world with gaudy displays of violence.

而不实的暴力无法掌控世界。

This place is a glorified holding pen.

是个隐藏了许多而不实的地方。

When progressives were at their strongest in the Democratic Party, Ms Harris embraced their flashy ideas like Medicare for All, a single-payer health-care system; the Green New Deal, a utopian proposal for climate-infused statism; and decriminalising illegal border-crossing.

当进步派在民主党中势力最强大时，哈里斯接受了他们那而不实的想法，比如全民医保（一个单一支付者的医疗保健系统）；绿色新政（一个将气候治理贯穿各个领域的国家主义的乌托邦式提案）；将非法越境合法化。

It might sound like a flashy magic trick, but what these peak performers embrace is rooted in a simple truth: focusing on a small fraction of your efforts can lead to the vast majority of your outcomes.

听起来可能像是一个而不实的魔术，但卓越人士所信奉的其实是一个简单的道理：集中一小部分精力，就能取得绝大部分成果。

This illustrated cookbook looks good but you can never find the ingredients for the recipes. These pictures are just eye candy!

本配有插图的烹饪书看上去很不错，不过里面根本找不到食谱配料。图完全就是而不实！

But perhaps that rhetoric will start to change-as climate reality makes the politics of denial a little too hard to handle.

但也许而不实的言论会开始改变，因为气候现实使政治上的否认论调有难以处理。

Some, such as GIFT City, a pet project of Narendra Modi, the prime minister, in Gujarat, look like white elephants.

一项目，比如纳伦德拉·莫迪总理喜欢的古吉拉特邦国际金融科技城项目，看起来价值不菲且而不实。

Some call this a “train to nowhere”, others a white elephant.

一人把它叫做“无所适从的列车”，其它人则说它是而不实，赘而无用。

Avoid wearing flashy jewelry or watches.

避免佩戴而不实的珠宝或手表。