To say that he was clever is damning him with, faint praise.

说他聪明实际上是含有贬义.

Some have used his arrival to damn Lampard with faint praise.

有些人已经用他的到来对兰帕德名褒实贬.

He damned her performance with faint praise when he termed it adequate.

他说她的表演还可以,这明摆着是名褒实贬.

Claudia: I'm sure they'd thank you for that faint praise. Me? I've never seen anything better.

克劳迪娅：我肯定他们会感谢你无心的赞美。至于我？我从未看过这么精彩的表演。

Most likely to be damned by faint praise: Women, who the researchers found are far more likely than men to be lauded for their all-around niceness.

最有可能被咒骂的赞美：研究者发现女人比男人更容易因她们的全面的美好而被赞美。