window dressing
英 [ˈwɪndəʊ dresɪŋ]
美 [ˈwɪndoʊ dresɪŋ]
n. 橱窗装饰艺术; 橱窗设计艺术; 装饰门面; 弄虚作假
牛津词典
noun
- 橱窗装饰艺术；橱窗设计艺术
the art of arranging goods in shop/store windows in an attractive way - 装饰门面；弄虚作假
the fact of doing or saying sth in a way that creates a good impression but does not show the real facts- The reforms are seen as window dressing.
这些改革被视为是装饰门面。
- The reforms are seen as window dressing.
英英释义
noun
- the decoration of shop windows
- a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
双语例句
- As an art, window dressing has evolved far beyond the snow scenes of my youth.
作为一种艺术，橱窗展示已经演变成远非我年轻时的雪景。 - Anything else is just window dressing.
至于其他作法，不过是点缀而已。 - Mr Obama will soon need to show that what he is proposing amounts to more than just window dressing.
奥巴马很快就必须用实际行动来证明，他所提议的措施不只是装饰门面。 - Sceptics say this means that regional experiments with hedging are mere window dressing until regulators make it easier for fund managers to short the largest stocks across the Gulf.
持怀疑态度的人士称，这意味着除非监管机构使基金经理们更易于做空海湾地区最大的股票，否则该地区在对冲方面的尝试只不过是做做样子。 - Packaging must first of all, the customer is responsible for window dressing and be products are not going to win.
包装首先要对客户负责，华而不实与实而不华的产品不会赢得消费群体。 - Keep up appearances Window dressing. Business as usual.
ph.1.装门面，2.保持常态装潢门面期间，照常营业。 - Window dressing. Business as usual.
装潢门面期间，照常营业。 - But this type of financial window dressing is neither exclusive to Lehman nor, prima facie, illegal.
但这种财务上“粉饰门面”的做法并非雷曼所独有，而且从表面上看也并不违法。 - The measures are little more than window dressing that will fade fast once investors take a hard look at them.
这些措施也就是装装门面，一旦投资者认真探究，就会原形毕露。 - Foreign experts, who have dismissed similar campaigns in the past as window dressing, are noticing improvements in the protection of intellectual property rights for the first time.
外企高管过去对此类销毁活动一直不以为然，视之为作秀行为，但现在，他们首次注意到，中国的知识产权保护有了改善。