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
- 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 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。 - Since the beginning of last year, the SEC has brought at least three cases against money managers for allegedly window dressing stocks in their portfolios.
从去年年初开始，SEC就基金经理涉嫌对投资组合中的股票进行粉饰账面操作至少提出了三项诉讼。 - Foreign experts, who have dismissed similar campaigns in the past as window dressing, are noticing improvements in the protection of intellectual property rights for the first time.
外企高管过去对此类销毁活动一直不以为然，视之为作秀行为，但现在，他们首次注意到，中国的知识产权保护有了改善。 - 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。 - Sceptics say this means that regional experiments with hedging are mere window dressing until regulators make it easier for fund managers to short the largest stocks across the Gulf.
持怀疑态度的人士称，这意味着除非监管机构使基金经理们更易于做空海湾地区最大的股票，否则该地区在对冲方面的尝试只不过是做做样子。 - 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。 - Mr Obama will soon need to show that what he is proposing amounts to more than just window dressing.
奥巴马很快就必须用实际行动来证明，他所提议的措施不只是装饰门面。 - Window dressing occurs much more frequently in small, thinly traded stocks, whose shares tend to swing widely, according to trading and securities-law experts.
交易和证券法专家称，粉饰账面操作多针对交易量低的小型股，这类股票往往会出现大幅波动。 - 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。