| 单词 | smoke and mirrors |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmoke and mirrors smoke and mirrors n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) (esp. in political contexts) a (frequently theatrical) deception or dissimulation; an obscuring or embellishment of the truth with misleading or irrelevant information. Cf. sense 4e. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] foxingc1220 feignc1320 faintise1340 simulation1340 dissimulingc1374 likenessc1384 dissimulationc1386 coverture1393 dissemblationc1425 assimulationa1450 dissemblec1480 fiction1483 dissemblinga1500 irony1502 dissimulance1508 dissembly?c1550 blindation1588 counterfeisance1590 misseeming1590 supposing1596 dissemblance1602 guise1662 dissimulating1794 make-believe1794 representation1805 sham-Abra(ha)m1828 make-belief1837 pretence1862 make-believing1867 postiche1876 kid-stakes1916 smoke and mirrors1980 1975 J. Breslin Notes from Impeachment Summer ii. 33 All political power is primarily an illusion... Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors... If somebody tells you how to look, there can be seen in the smoke great, magnificent shapes, castles and kingdoms, and maybe they can be yours. 1975 J. Breslin Notes from Impeachment Summer ii. 35 The ability to create the illusion of power, to use mirrors and blue smoke, is one found in unusual people.] 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Apr. a6 ‘Most of this is just smoke and mirrors.’ The memos suggest that..[he] was orchestrating a campaign to help environmental organizations bring pressure on Congress. 1995 New Jersey Apr. 88/1 The grandstanding of Congress, claiming taxpayer money will no longer fund these types of caucuses, is in fact so much smoke and mirrors. 2003 Village Voice (N.Y.) 18–24 June 40/4 In retrospect, the Bush administration's most publicized war stories have all been the products of smoke and mirrors. < as lemmas |
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