smokescreen

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Weaponssmokescreensmoke‧screen /ˈsməʊkskriːn $ ˈsmoʊk-/ noun [countable] 1 HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEsomething that you do or say to hide your real plans or actions a government that rules behind a smokescreen of democracy2 PMWa cloud of smoke produced so that it hides soldiers, ships etc during a battleExamples from the Corpussmokescreen• Unconsciously they create a smokescreen of confusion as a defence against the fear of being taken over.• He was just firing a smokescreen of emotive words and phrases.• The administration's emphasis on the drop in inflation is just a smokescreen to divert attention from rising unemployment.• The legal advice is part of a smokescreen being put up to hide its intentions and its concern.• Britain's nuclear power programme began with a lie: it was a smokescreen for the nuclear weapons programme.• The rumors were a smokescreen for their own illegal activities.• All a casual but effective smokescreen, neatly blurring our back trail.• Why did he have to be manipulated to admit what he genuinely believed, regardless of the political smokescreens.From Longman Business Dictionarysmokescreensmoke‧screen /ˈsməʊkskriːnˈsmoʊk-/ noun [countable] something that someone does or says to hide their real plans or actionsPeople sometimes see the budget as a smokescreen for stealth taxation.

单词	smokescreen
释义	smokescreen From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Weaponssmokescreensmoke‧screen /ˈsməʊkskriːn $ ˈsmoʊk-/ noun [countable] 1 HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEsomething that you do or say to hide your real plans or actions a government that rules behind a smokescreen of democracy2 PMWa cloud of smoke produced so that it hides soldiers, ships etc during a battleExamples from the Corpussmokescreen• Unconsciously they create a smokescreen of confusion as a defence against the fear of being taken over.• He was just firing a smokescreen of emotive words and phrases.• The administration's emphasis on the drop in inflation is just a smokescreen to divert attention from rising unemployment.• The legal advice is part of a smokescreen being put up to hide its intentions and its concern.• Britain's nuclear power programme began with a lie: it was a smokescreen for the nuclear weapons programme.• The rumors were a smokescreen for their own illegal activities.• All a casual but effective smokescreen, neatly blurring our back trail.• Why did he have to be manipulated to admit what he genuinely believed, regardless of the political smokescreens.From Longman Business Dictionarysmokescreensmoke‧screen /ˈsməʊkskriːnˈsmoʊk-/ noun [countable] something that someone does or says to hide their real plans or actionsPeople sometimes see the budget as a smokescreen for stealth taxation.
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