名存实亡 meaning in English
cease to exist except in name; be only an empty title; exist in name only (not in fact); have a mere nominal existence; non-existent except in name
Examples
- Other divisions had been wiped out and were mere names on charts .
其他的师已被消灭，仅仅是图表上的一些名存实亡的番号而已。 - By the autumn of 1941, serbian resistance to the german terror had become only a shadow .
到1941年秋季，塞尔维亚人对于德国恐怖行为的抵抗，已经名存实亡了。 - It made him lame duck six months into a presidency won by the second largest plurality in american history .
以美国有史以来第二位的最大多数票赢得的总统职务，他干了六个月就落得名存实亡了。 - Decisively beaten in a general coal strike in 1894, the umw had only 10, 000 members and seemed dead by 1897。
由于在1894年煤矿工人总罢工中遭到决定性的失败，到1897年，美国矿工联合会只剩下一万会员，而且似乎名存实亡。 - You guys were over long time ago , that ' s why you leave me alone
你们早就名存实亡了所以采放任我不管吧