单词 | window dressing |
释义 | window dressing (once / 40066 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY window dressing: window dressings USAGE EXAMPLESThe last trading days of the year mean one thing on Wall Street: window dressing. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) Yes, some of your critics will deride the corporate monitor as mere window dressing. New York Times(Nov 28, 2016) For decades, vice presidents were mere window dressing, given largely ceremonial tasks and left out of key decisions. Seattle Times(Nov 13, 2016) 1 n the decoration of shop windows 2Hyper decoration the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) n a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant Syn|Hyper facade deceit, deception, misrepresentation a misleading falsehood |
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