请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 window dressing
释义
window dressingˈwindow ˌdressing noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Critics say that the organization's call to include more minorities is just window dressing.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Granted some of the images are a little sanitised, but the good intentions can be clearly read through the window dressing.
  • Hence the unmarked grave; still part of the window dressing.
  • It is probably patronising to say that in both cases the window dressing is up to Kensington standards, but it is.
  • The proposal seems no more than a window dressing exercise.
  • We think that a couple of buy-outs will be allowed to succeed as a form of window dressing.
1something that is intended to make people like your plans or activities, and to stop them seeing the true situation – used to show disapproval:  All these glossy pamphlets are just window dressing – the fact is that the new mall will ruin the neighborhood.2the art of arranging goods in a shop window so that they look attractive to customers
随便看

 

英语词典包含52748条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/11 21:20:43