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单词 straw man
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ˈstraw ˈman, n. [countable]
  1. a person whose function is only to disguise another's activities.
  2. a conveniently weak or innocuous person, object, or issue used as a seeming opponent or argument.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
straw′ man′, 
    1. a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow.
    2. a person whose importance or function is only nominal, as to cover another's activities;
      front.
    3. a fabricated or conveniently weak or innocuous person, object, matter, etc., used as a seeming adversary or argument:The issue she railed about was no more than a straw man.
    • 1585–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
straw man n chiefly US
  1. a figure of a man made from straw
  2. another term for man of straw
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