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外强中干

[wài qiáng zhōng gān]

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1.
The other school, to which Reagan belonged, sensed that communism was weaker than it looked and that the cold war would die with it.
而另一学派则认为，共产主义外强中干，会随着冷战结束而消亡，里根总统是这一学派的忠实拥护者。
ér lìng yī xué pài zé rèn wéi , gòng chǎn zhǔ yì wài qiáng zhōng gān , huì suí zhe lěng zhàn jié shù ér xiāo wáng , lǐ gēn zǒng tǒng shì zhè yī xué pài de zhōng shí yōng hù zhě 。
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2.
Accordingly, with " outwardly strong and inwardly weak " the inner status that this word will come state them is again likely did not pass.
因此，用“外强中干”这个词来表述他们的内心状态是再合适不过了。
yīn cǐ , yòng " wài qiáng zhōng gān " zhè ge cí lái biǎo shù tā men de nèi xīn zhuàng tài shì zài hé shì bú guò le 。
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3.
In any case, California is not imploding, which ought to be heartening to Americans regardless of ideology or geography.
加州无论在哪方面都不是外强中干，这对身处不同意识形态或地域的美国人来说都是振奋人心的。
jiā zhōu wú lùn zài nǎ fāng miàn dōu bú shì wài qiáng zhōng gān , zhè duì shēn chù bù tóng yì shí xíng tài huò dì yù de měi guó rén lái shuō dōu shì zhèn fèn rén xīn de 。
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4.
He sought to obscure his lack of assurance by boisterousness, and his sense of latent inadequacy by occasional bullying.
他老是试图用吵吵嚷嚷的言词来掩饰他的缺乏自信，有时则靠吓唬人来掩饰他的外强中干。
tā lǎo shì shì tú yòng chāo chao rāng rang de yán cí lái yǎn shì tā de quē fá zì xìn , yǒu shí zé kào xià hu rén lái yǎn shì tā de wài qiáng zhōng gān 。
5.
Although the image of abu big man in physical stature, the actual guy is a forcible-feeble.
大个子abu虽则形象魁梧，实际是个外强中干的家伙。
dà gè zi abu suī zé xíng xiàng kuí wú , shí jì shì gè wài qiáng zhōng gān de jiā huo 。
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6.
He told 3, 500 soldiers that they will overcome persistent violence in Iraq and insurgency in Afghanistan because the enemy is vulnerable.
他对3,500名士兵说，他们将制止在伊拉克的持续的暴力事件以及平息阿富汗的叛乱，因为敌人是外强中干的。
tā duì sān , wǔ bǎi míng shì bīng shuō , tā men jiāng zhì zhǐ zài yī lā kè de chí xù de bào lì shì jiàn yǐ jí píng xī ā fù hàn de pàn luàn , yīn wèi dí rén shì wài qiáng zhōng gān de 。
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7.
Today the idiom "Strong on the outward, weak on the inward" refers to that which is strong in appearance but weak in reality.
后来人们根据这个故事引申出“外强中干”这句成语，比喻外表强壮，内里很虚弱。
hòu lái rén men gēn jù zhè ge gù shi yǐn shēn chū " wài qiáng zhōng gān " zhè jù chéng yǔ , bǐ yù wài biǎo qiáng zhuàng , nèi lǐ hěn xū ruò 。
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8.
His bark is worse than his bite. Maybe a person appears to be dangerous, but in reality, they are not.
外强中干。也许一个人看起来很可怕，事实上，不见得如此。
wài qiáng zhōng gān 。 yě xǔ yī gè rén kàn qǐ lái hěn kě pà , shì shí shàng , bú jiàn dé rú cǐ 。
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9.
In the short-run, the plan's substance will be less important than the appearance it creates, analysts said.
分析师认为，该计划在短期内将是外强中干的。
fēn xī shī rèn wéi , gāi jì huà zài duǎn qī nèi jiāng shì wài qiáng zhōng gān de 。
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10.
The latest financial crisis didn't bring down this system; it merely exposed it as hollow.
最近的金融危机并没有打倒这个社会制度，只是暴露了它的外强中干。
zuì jìn de jīn róng wēi jī bìng méi yǒu dǎ dǎo zhè ge shè huì zhì dù , zhǐ shì bào lù le tā de wài qiáng zhōng gān 。
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