red herring

 
       
  • n. 熏青鱼;转移注意力的东西
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red herring的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

英英释义

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的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词 (n.)
  1. The subsidies debate is a red herring.
    关于补助的争论不过是转移注意力的幌子。
  2. The police often put out such red herrings to scare the culprit into panicking.
    警察总是给出这种转移注意力的东西,让罪魁祸首惊惶恐惧。

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经典引文

  • 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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