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
- This shop's window dressing is elegant.
该店的橱窗布置真是美观大方。 - 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。 - In reality, many of the changes are window dressing with schools just trying to keep their cash cow M.B.A. programs alive by attempting to ride the entrepreneurial fever breaking out across the country.
在现实生活中，有许多此类变革其实只是装点门面而已，学校们想要让M.B.A.项目这棵摇钱树保持活力，于是就趁着全国刮起的这一股创业风潮来赶时髦。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。