汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 徒有其名
徒有其名
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
见"徒有虚名"。
yǒu míng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他只是一个徒有其名的人,仅是抽象理智的一个单纯的死躯壳。

He is only a bare name, a mere caput mortuum of abstracting understanding.

反馈:如果你也在借助网络开展营销,那么,您觉得哪些途径最有效?而哪些只不过是徒有其名

Talkback: If you're using the Internet as a marketing tool, what have you found to be effective and what is just hype?

每次如果我想和她一起呆会儿,都得问她有没有时间,但她总是说她的游戏正玩到一半,要下线很麻烦。所以我们的婚姻是徒有其名

If I wanted to spend time with her, I had to ask, but it was always too much trouble for her to come off the game to spend time with me, so the marriage was a bit of a joke.

‘让世人都看清那些国王的所谓权利是多么的徒有其名吧’克努特这样告诫他的文武百官们,而他皇室长袍的下摆已被海水浸透了。

“LET all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings,” Canute admonished his courtiers, the hem of his royal robes heavy with seawater.

‘让世人都看清那些国王的所谓权利是多么的徒有其名吧’克努特这样告诫他的文武百官们,而他皇室长袍的下摆已被海水浸透了。

"LET all men know how empty and worthless is the power of Kings," Canute admonished his courtiers, the hem of his royal robes heavy with seawater.