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
- CSS has addressed many issues related to window dressing: fonts, spacing, padding, backgrounds, and more& all visual presentation elements.
CSS已解决许多与窗口修饰相关的问题：字体、间距、填充、背景，等等&所有视觉呈现元素。 - 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。 - 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。 - Window dressing. Business as usual.
装潢门面期间，照常营业。 - And politically speaking, "window dressing" R& D centres no longer work for multinationals.
从政治角度而言，“粉饰”研发中心对跨国公司而言也不再奏效。 - We will see whether the "save our cities" campaign is for real or just window dressing.
我们要看看这次“拯救我们的城市”运动是认真的还是装装门面。 - 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。 - 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。 - Anything else is just window dressing.
至于其他作法，不过是点缀而已。 - 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。