We all know that Mr. Conway is talking out-of-date capitalist claptrap.

我们都清楚康威先生在宣扬资本家的陈腔滥调。

“It's all a lot of claptrap, ” said Uncle Vernon, glaring at Harry with piggy little eyes.

“那些全都是空话，”弗农姨父用他猪一样的小眼睛盯着哈利说。

For decades politicians had mouthed their support for a strong currency, but Nixon cut through the claptrap.

当时政客们已泛泛而谈支持美元长达数十年，但尼克松一语打消了这种言不由衷的空谈。

Soon they were cited by the police officer, and this claptrap was useless.

很快他们被警官传讯，这种讨好的语言是无用的。

That does not mean that he ruled out either one, but to prove religious faith by human reason was rationalistic claptrap, he thought.

这并不意味着他排除了任何一种，但他认为，用人类理性来证明宗教信仰是理性主义的哗众取宠。