这个演讲充满了空洞的说教,明显缺乏实质内容。

The speech was full of empty preaching, marked by an obvious sterility.

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The speech was full of empty preaching, marked by an obvious sterility.

sterility 是名词,由形容词 sterile("无菌的;贫瘠的;无效果的")加上名词后缀 -ity 构成。sterile 本身来自拉丁语 sterilis,表示"不结果实的"。在这里,sterility 比喻为"(思想或言论)贫乏无实质内容"的状态。

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