单词 | Potemkin village |
释义 | Potemkin village n. Something that appears elaborate and impressive but in actual fact lacks substance: "the Potemkin village of this country's borrowed prosperity" (Lewis H. Lapham). [After Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, who is said to have had elaborate fake villages constructed for Catherine the Great's tours of Ukraine and Crimea.] |
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