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《左传·僖公十五年》：“今乘异产以从戎事…张脉偾兴，外强中干。” 意思是打仗时乘用异国的马，紧急时马就会血脉张动，外表很强大，实际内里很空虚。后多用来形容外表强大而实际虚弱的事物。

• 【解释】：干：枯竭。形容外表强壮，内里空虚。
• 【出自】：《左传·僖公十五年》：“今乘异产以从戎事，及惧而变，……外强中干，进退不可，周旋不能，君必悔之。”
• 【示例】：一切反动派都是～的纸老虎。
• 【语法】：联合式；作谓语、定语、状语；含贬义

• 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。

• 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。

• 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。

• 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。

• His main rival, Chris Huhne, the energy secretary, is dogged by claims that he evaded penalties for a motoring offence in 2003.

  而他的主要竞争对手，能源大臣克里斯。休恩面对在2003年逃避交通违规的惩罚的指控态度依然强硬，其实已外强中干。

• 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。

• 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。

• 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。

• 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。