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
- 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。 - The reforms have been interpreted as window dressing.
这些变革被称作是装饰门面。 - 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。 - 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。 - This effect may be the result of window dressing by the fund managing companies.
这种现象可能与基金的窗饰效应有关。 - This shop's window dressing is elegant.
该店的橱窗布置真是美观大方。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。