What does 空穴来风 in Chinese mean?

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The word 空穴来风 in Chinese means coming out of thin air, not out of thin air. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word 空穴来风

coming out of thin air

not out of thin air

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如此说来,他们油水太多还真不是空穴来风,可是为什么呢?

So there is some basis for saying they are overpaid, but why?

其实只是 空穴来风

And it was nothing.

今天我们听到了以色列政权代表团一番充满空穴来风内容的讲话。

Today we have heard a statement full of unsubstantiated claims by the Israeli regime delegation

法庭不得受理任何此类空穴来风的指称。

Any such claims made in the abstract should not be entertained by courts.

自 # 年大选以来,人权中心的片面态度、反对党的机会主义和传媒制造危言耸听的言论的努力已经达到极致,造成了一种在没有确凿证据的情况下,所谓的法外处决、即审即决和践踏政治等空穴来风的指责铺天盖地而来的状况。

Since the # elections, that biased attitude, together with the opposition party's opportunism and the media's thirst for sensationalism, had created a situation in which accusations and allegations concerning impunity, extrajudicial executions and politically motivated violence were often made without basis in substantiated facts

在大多数国家,这种指控可能看上去象天方夜谭,但在乌克兰,却不是空穴来风。

In most countries, such charges would seem like paranoid delusions.

棉兰老岛西南部很大一部分仍然严格限制联合国人员到访,因为非国家团体和政府部队武装冲突不时爆发,又由于绑架的威胁不是空穴来风,局势更为严峻。

A significant portion of south-western Mindanao continues to be highly restricted to United Nations travel, as armed skirmishes between non-State groups and Government forces intermittently erupt, a situation compounded by the tangible threat of abduction.

关于巴基斯坦工厂在联合王国兜售杀伤人员地雷的指控纯属空穴来风。

The allegations that Pakistani factories were offering anti-personnel mines for sale in the United Kingdom, however, were pure fabrication

虽然过去几年来,已发现的许多非常严重的财政问题是由海洋事务局官员造成的,而且往往是以前总统泰勒的名义行事造成的;然而,营运商利比里亚船舶和公司登记处被人指责存在着使其继续受害的形象不佳问题,这并非是空穴来风。

While many of the very real financial problems that have been observed over the past years were caused by officials of the Bureau of Maritime Affairs, often on behalf of former President Taylor, the blame for the perception problems from which the operating agent LISCR continues to suffer is not entirely undeserved

19世纪60年代,伊万斯最著名的作品是为詹姆斯·道尔的《英格兰编年史》,包含了80幅插图,也证明了他色彩大师的名头不是空穴来风。

During the 1860s, his most notable work was for James Doyle's A Chronicle of England, which includes 80 illustrations, and is considered evidence of his capability as a master of colour.

今天我们听到了以色列政权代表团一番充满空穴来风内容的讲话。

Today we have heard a statement full of unsubstantiated claims by the Israeli regime delegation.

仓促开战的理论不是空穴来风;国际社会所表示的忧虑也不是过分夸张。

The rush-to-war rhetoric is not coming out of a vacuum; neither is the anxiety expressed by the international community hyperbole.

关于巴基斯坦工厂在联合王国兜售杀伤人员地雷的指控纯属空穴来风。

The allegations that Pakistani factories were offering anti-personnel mines for sale in the United Kingdom, however, were pure fabrication.

但那是 空穴来风...

But what has been said is wrong...

如若不然,非国家行为体获取这类武器的风险,并非空穴来风。

In the absence thereof, the risk of the acquisition of such weapons by non-State actors is not a mere hypothesis.

在美国和英国声称生产大规模毁灭性武器的所有地点以及在其他地点进行的视察表明,伊拉克说他没有大规模毁灭性武器、没有参与任何违禁活动,伊拉克说的都是真话,视察还证实,美国和英国的指控是空穴来风、一派谎言。

The inspections conducted at all the sites that the United States and Great Britain alleged to be producing weapons of mass destruction, together with the inspections conducted at the other sites, have demonstrated that Iraq was telling the truth when it stated that it had no weapons of mass destruction and was not engaged in any proscribed activity, and they attest to the empty and lying nature of the American and British allegations.

这种指责纯粹是空穴来风,它充分暴露了欧盟对伊斯兰文化的无知。

That accusation was false and showed that the European Union was ignorant of Islamic culture.

此类空穴来风的报道导致叙利亚人民之间的关系更趋紧张,损害了观察员的工作。

Such contrived reports have helped to increase tensions among the Syrian people and undermined the observers’ work.

更有甚者,关于为更多歧视行为大开绿灯的指控全然是空穴来风、纯粹为异想天开、不足以证实这一申诉,因为提交人面临受此影响风险充其量不过是对可能性的一种推理。

Furthermore, the allegations of licence of further discrimination are wholly unsubstantiated and purely speculative, insufficient to sustain a claim as the author's risk of being affected is more than a theoretical possibility

为使这一空穴来风有些“可信”,其外交部称其来自“接近青年党的人士”。

To give a semblance of “credence” to these preposterous accusations, the Ministry attributes the story to anonymous “sources close to Al-Shabaab”.

这种指责纯粹是空穴来风,它充分暴露了欧盟对伊斯兰文化的无知。

That accusation was false and showed that the European Union was ignorant of Islamic culture

迷信的人可能会跟你说这种担心并非空穴来风,因为宇宙必然要惩罚你的狂妄自大。

The superstitious may tell you that your concern is well founded because the universe is bound to punish your hubris.

近段时间,建材市场上市场上不断传出家具、建材、家装等家居建材产品将全面涨价的消息,特别是在2011年新年开头,实际情况又是如何呢? 据小编走访各大建材市场而知,家居建材产品涨价并非空穴来风,许多商家都表示,现在相关产品得进货价已经上涨,预计年后家居建材产品价格涨幅将会在6%~10%之间。

Recently, the building materials market listed on the field constantly came the message of furniture , building materials, home improvement and home building materials products will be fully prices in the New Year 2011 at the beginning of the actual situation is how the major building materials , according to Xiao Bian visited ? conceivable market , home prices of building materials is not groundless , many businesses are now related products have the purchase price has risen and is expected to years after the home building materials price increase will be between 6% and 10% .

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