call the roll in the morning

She hated the flummery of public relations.

她讨厌公关工作中的虚夸恭维。

as a work in progress, the parliament invents its own flummery.

议会正在发展中，它发明了自己打马虎眼的方式。

but her father , who is quite as opposed to such flummery as i , says that can be cured.

不过她的父亲和我一样反对她这种俗套，说这种毛病是可以治好的。

great island heritage portrayed in all this flummery?

我们这个伟大岛屿的传承却无处可见。

where was our great island heritage portrayed in all this flummery ?

在这堆假恭维里头，我们这个伟大岛屿的传承表现在何处？

Where was our great Island h! eritage portrayed in all this flummery?

在这堆乱七八糟的糟粕里头,我们这个伟大岛屿的传承却无处可见.

All the rest is flummery.

其它什么都是废话.

yet behind this diplomatic flummery was the story that is further feeding japan's many insecurities.

然而，这种外交恭维背后的故事，进一步引发了日本的诸多不安情绪。