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

经济

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
  1. The reforms are seen as window dressing.
     这些改革被视为是装饰门面。

英英释义

noun

• the decoration of shop windows
• a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
  Synonym:facade

双语例句

• 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。
• The measures are little more than window dressing that will fade fast once investors take a hard look at them.
  这些措施也就是装装门面，一旦投资者认真探究，就会原形毕露。
• Anything else is just window dressing.
  至于其他作法，不过是点缀而已。
• This shop's window dressing is elegant.
  该店的橱窗布置真是美观大方。
• If banks 'sheer bulk is a systemic problem, then a new cap that preserves the status quo is merely window dressing.
  如果银行的绝对规模是系统性问题，那么维持现状的新限制不过是在粉饰门面。
• Window dressing. Business as usual.
  装潢门面期间，照常营业。
• Fair Value and the Window Dressing of Consolidated Financial Statements
  论公允价值与合并会计报表中的财务粉饰
• 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。
• They have painted the living room and tidied the garden in order to sell the house, but it's really only window dressing because the roof needs attention and the electric wiring is still unsafe.
  为了出售房子他们粉饰了起居室并整理了花园，不过那其实只是粉饰门面而已，因为房顶需要修缮，供电线路还不安全。
• 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。