子虚乌有 unreal
pure imagination
nonexistent
fictitious
sheer fiction
- 甚至迟至今日,人们依然认为缺失中心的结构仍系子虚乌有。
And even today the notion of a structure lacking any center represents the unthinkable itself. - 印度外交人员称这样的要求纯属子虚乌有,他们才是谣言的受害者。
Indian diplomats say such claims are false and that they are victims of a smear. - 关于非洲疫情的着重叙述有助于澄清一些子虚乌有的说法,例如,贫困某种程度导致了艾滋病蔓延。
Rightly he focuses on Africa and helps to dispel some myths, such as the claim that poverty somehow spreads AIDS.