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
- They have painted the living room and tidied the garden in order to sell the house, but it's really only window dressing because the roof needs attention and the electric wiring is still unsafe.
为了出售房子他们粉饰了起居室并整理了花园，不过那其实只是粉饰门面而已，因为房顶需要修缮，供电线路还不安全。 - There is "a pattern of incremental rule change, but it's just window dressing, and we move forward to the next scandal".
证交所形成了“一种规则渐变模式，但这只是装装门面，丑闻还会爆发”。 - If banks 'sheer bulk is a systemic problem, then a new cap that preserves the status quo is merely window dressing.
如果银行的绝对规模是系统性问题，那么维持现状的新限制不过是在粉饰门面。 - So I think a lot of it is political window dressing more than a substantial reform.
所以我认为这应该是政治作秀窗口，而不是重大变革。 - Some forms of window dressing, such as selling losing stocks right before reporting quarter-end holdings to investors, are perfectly legal.
某些形式的粉饰账面是完全合法的，譬如在向投资者公布季度末持仓状况之前卖出面临损失的股票。 - 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。 - Window dressing occurs much more frequently in small, thinly traded stocks, whose shares tend to swing widely, according to trading and securities-law experts.
交易和证券法专家称，粉饰账面操作多针对交易量低的小型股，这类股票往往会出现大幅波动。 - 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。 - In the case of the latter, I guess words are window dressing.
后一种情况下，我想文字只是用来做做样子罢了。 - Anything else is just window dressing.
至于其他作法，不过是点缀而已。