red herring

 
       
  • n. 熏青魚;轉移注意力的東西
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red herring的英文翻譯是什麼意思,詞典釋義與在線翻譯:

英英釋義

Noun:
  1. any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue

  2. a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

  3. a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus;

    "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring"

red herring的用法和樣例:

例句

用作名詞 (n.)
  1. The subsidies debate is a red herring.
    關於補助的爭論不過是轉移注意力的幌子。
  2. The police often put out such red herrings to scare the culprit into panicking.
    警察總是給出這種轉移注意力的東西,讓罪魁禍首驚惶恐懼。

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經典引文

  • History..is a red herring; the past is irrelevant.

    出自: G. Swift
  • Three people sniffed out the red herrings, but only one had got the motive..right.

    出自:Holiday Which?

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