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单词 red herring
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red herringnoun [ C ]

uk/ˌred ˈher.ɪŋ/us/ˌred ˈher.ɪŋ/

a fact, idea, or subject that takes people's attention away from the central point being considered:

The police investigated many clues, but they were all red herrings.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Irrelevant

  • a fifth/third wheel idiom
  • be neither here nor there idiom
  • be no object idiom
  • beside
  • enter into sth
  • immaterial
  • irrelevance
  • irrelevant
  • make no odds idiom
  • moot
  • neither
  • nothing
  • object
  • odds
  • picture
  • prejudice
  • tangential
  • unconnected
  • unrelated
  • wheel

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Confusion, confusing and feeling confused

red herringnoun [ C ]

us/ˈred ˈher·ɪŋ/

something that takes attention away from a more important subject:

Racism was not a factor in the case – that was a red herring thrown in by the defense lawyers.
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