in name only 的定义
- Also, only in name. Nominally, not actually. For example, He's the chief executive in name only; his vice-president makes all the decisions, or Theirs was a marriage only in name; they lived on different continents. [Late 1300s]
in name only 近义词
等同于 nominal
等同于 titular
更多in name only例句
- The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.
- “Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.
- Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.
- A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
- This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
- In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
- Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
- "It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.
- "Garnache," came the other's crisp, metallic voice, and the name had a sound as of an oath on his lips.
- Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.