||1:Notwithstanding the guff , the commercial potential is indeed significant—as are the potential problems.||2:If each of Facebook’s 2.4bn users converted a slice of their savings into Libras, it could become a widely circulated currency.||3:It could also, if broadly adopted, vest unprecedented power in the hands of its issuer.||4:In a tacit acknowledgment that its mishandling of user data, tolerance of the spread of misinformation and other sins have devalued its stock with policymakers, users and potential partners—though not investors—Facebook wants to outsource the running of Libra to a consortium of worthies recruited from the world of finance, technology and NGOs.||5:The consequences for the global financial system could be significant.||6:So could the impact on Facebook’s business.

||1:尽管是些废话，但商业潜力确实很重要——潜在的问题也是如此。||2:如果脸书24亿用户中的每一位都将自己的一部分储蓄转为天秤币，天秤币可能会成为一种广泛流通的货币。||3:如果广泛使用，发行者还能得到前所未有的权力。||4:默认其对用户数据的处理不当，容忍错误信息的传播和其他错误使其股票在政策制定者、用户和潜在合作伙伴(尽管不是投资者)眼中贬值，在这种众所周知的情况下，脸书希望将天秤币的运营外包给一个财团，由来自金融界、科技界和非政府组织的知名人士组成。||5:这对全球金融体系可能产生重大影响。||6:也可能对脸书的业务产生重大影响。

Tragicomically, the study found that bosses often believe their own guff , even if their underlings do not.

令人哭笑不得的是，研究还发现老板们时常对自己瞎掰的那一套信以为真，即便员工们不以为然。

That said, some in Washington might buy the guff about the deal "strengthen[ing] the international competitive position of the US. "

（话虽如此，有些人可能会相信这笔交易“加强了（正加强）美国的国际竞争地位。”

Goldman's business-standards review is not all guff . But don't expect the firm to change much

高盛的业务标准审查并不都是大话，但是不要期望它能改变很多

The roadmap includes a measure of self-serving guff about the evils of shareholder democracy.

路线图还对自吹自擂的股东民主作恶提出了一个量度。

However, several things have happened to me recently to make me doubt the superiority of men at talking guff .

然而，最近发生的几件事，让我对男性“废话”更多的观点产生了怀疑。

Its "goodness" stems less from all that guff about corporate altruism than from Adam Smith's invisible hand.

它的“善良”堵住了比亚当·斯密看不见的手更少的关于公司利他主义的废话。

Forget the constitution and all that guff about a shining city on the hill; the founding fathers did not have to face Islamist jihadis.

忘掉美国宪法和“山巅闪光之城”之类的废话吧；开国元勋们当年无须面对伊斯兰圣战。

Google has taken a lot of guff for not creating a to-do list app to round out their productivity suite of apps.

为了完成它们的提升生产力应用套件（productivitysuiteofapps），Google提供了一大堆应用却没有提供一个管理待办事项的应用程序。

Instead, I was enraged by the transparently ludicrous guff promising me "a planned overdraft to meet your needs" .

相反，它许诺给我的是“满足您需求的有计划透支”——这种明显的无稽之谈把我激怒了。

Thus my first award in the 2010 Management Guff Awards is a brand new category for Daft New Names for Common Nouns.

因此，“2010年度管理废话奖”的首个奖项是一个崭新的奖项：“冠以普通名词愚蠢的新名奖”。

This prize goes to the People's Republic of China, which has taken a great leap forward in guff .

这个奖项由中华人民共和国获得。中国在讲废话方面取得了飞跃性的进展。

Equally, in the UK, Standard Life, which has recently showed signs of getting itself in order, is spouting more guff than ever.

最近，种种迹象显示英国标准人寿（StandardLife）开始重振旗鼓。同样，它的废话也变得比以往任何时候都多。

flubdub and guff

夸大的空话