faint praise

Some have used his arrival to damn Lampard with faint praise.

有些人已经用他的到来对兰帕德名褒实贬.

Damning with faint praise; faint resistance; feeble efforts; a feeble voice.

用虚假的赞美来诅咒；微弱的抵抗；微弱的努力；微弱的声音。

It used to be that calling someone a "good manager" was to damn with faint praise.

过去说某人是个“好经理”其实是明褒暗贬。

You libel her beauty with your faint praise.

你含糊其词的赞美实际上损害了她俊美的形象((简直是在毁谤)).

And Mr Gingrich may be hitting on what is a pretty effective line against Mr Romney: to damn him with faint praise by saying he would be a good manager but not someone who could fundamentally, profoundly change Washington.

同时，金里奇可能对罗姆尼发出了相当有效的一击：他对罗姆尼明褒暗贬，称他是一个好的管理者，但不是能够从根本上深刻改变华盛顿的人。

To say that he was clever is damning him with, faint praise.

说他聪明实际上是含有贬义.

It used to be that calling someone a good manager was to damn with faint praise.

过去说某人是个好经理其实是明褒暗贬。

...the belief that the US had signalled a policy shift by damning with faint praise the mediation efforts.

认为美国对调停努力明褒实贬是表明其政策已发生转变的观点

That's not damning with faint praise – for without glue , nothing sticks together for very long.

不是说什么,没有胶水的话也许任何东西都不能总在一起.

Be wary of damning with faint praise, so don't qualify your statement by saying 'That quiche was excellent-considering the state of your kitchen'.

一定要警惕诽谤性的赞誉，所以，不要说，“考虑到你们厨房的水准，你做的火腿起司蛋卷已经算是很美味了”。

The disappointed runner-up in the beauty contest damned with faint praise the newly crowned queen.

在比美赛中失失望的 亚军 明褒实贬新选出的王后.

Faint praise is disparagement.

敷衍勉强的恭维等于轻蔑.

Claudia: I'm sure they'd thank you for that faint praise.

克劳迪娅：我肯定他们会感谢你无心的赞美。

One partner damned them to Prof Empson as "functionaries," adding faint praise: "That's not to denigrate [ them] because they are very talented  .  .  .   but culturally we have a snobbery about lawyers being superior."

一位合伙人在恩普森教授面前称这类管理者是“杂务人员”，又苍白无力地补上赞美：“这不是贬低（他们），因为他们很有才能……但在文化上，我们有种律师才最高等的优越感。”

"Damning with faint praise" may be an overused expression, but it perfectly describes the critical reception that has been accorded the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu eco.

“名褒实贬”这个成语已经被用得太多了，不过它完美地诠释了2013版雪佛兰Malibu Eco收到的评论。

He damned her performance with faint praise when he termed it adequate.

他说她的表演还可以,这明摆着是名褒实贬.