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

经济

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
  1. The reforms are seen as window dressing.
     这些改革被视为是装饰门面。

英英释义

noun

• the decoration of shop windows
• a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
  Synonym:facade

双语例句

• The reforms have been interpreted as window dressing.
  这些变革被称作是装饰门面。
• It isn't easy to spot or prove the window dressing of stocks.
  要识别或证实针对股票的粉饰账面行为并不是件容易的事情。
• 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”。
• New accounting rules compress the space of window dressing of consolidated financial statements, but still exists under the circumstance of immature China capital market.
  新会计准则虽然压缩了对合并会计报表进行粉饰的空间，但是在我国资本市场还不成熟的条件下，仍然存在着很大的会计报表粉饰空间。
• Window dressing. Business as usual.
  装潢门面期间，照常营业。
• 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。
• 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。
• The second part puts much effort on the typical ways Chinese listed companies use in window dressing.
  第二章着重分析了我国上市公司报表粉饰的常见手段和典型案例。
• Anything else is just window dressing.
  至于其他作法，不过是点缀而已。
• 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。