window dressing

英 [ˈwɪndəʊ dresɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɪndoʊ dresɪŋ]

n.  橱窗装饰艺术; 橱窗设计艺术; 装饰门面; 弄虚作假

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 橱窗装饰艺术；橱窗设计艺术
  the art of arranging goods in shop/store windows in an attractive way
• 装饰门面；弄虚作假
  the fact of doing or saying sth in a way that creates a good impression but does not show the real facts
  1. The reforms are seen as window dressing.
     这些改革被视为是装饰门面。

英英释义

noun

• the decoration of shop windows
• a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
  Synonym:facade

双语例句

• So I think a lot of it is political window dressing more than a substantial reform.
  所以我认为这应该是政治作秀窗口，而不是重大变革。
• The second part puts much effort on the typical ways Chinese listed companies use in window dressing.
  第二章着重分析了我国上市公司报表粉饰的常见手段和典型案例。
• New accounting rules compress the space of window dressing of consolidated financial statements, but still exists under the circumstance of immature China capital market.
  新会计准则虽然压缩了对合并会计报表进行粉饰的空间，但是在我国资本市场还不成熟的条件下，仍然存在着很大的会计报表粉饰空间。
• Packaging must first of all, the customer is responsible for window dressing and be products are not going to win.
  包装首先要对客户负责，华而不实与实而不华的产品不会赢得消费群体。
• In reality, many of the changes are window dressing with schools just trying to keep their cash cow M.B.A. programs alive by attempting to ride the entrepreneurial fever breaking out across the country.
  在现实生活中，有许多此类变革其实只是装点门面而已，学校们想要让M.B.A.项目这棵摇钱树保持活力，于是就趁着全国刮起的这一股创业风潮来赶时髦。
• The measures are little more than window dressing that will fade fast once investors take a hard look at them.
  这些措施也就是装装门面，一旦投资者认真探究，就会原形毕露。
• It isn't easy to spot or prove the window dressing of stocks.
  要识别或证实针对股票的粉饰账面行为并不是件容易的事情。
• Window dressing occurs much more frequently in small, thinly traded stocks, whose shares tend to swing widely, according to trading and securities-law experts.
  交易和证券法专家称，粉饰账面操作多针对交易量低的小型股，这类股票往往会出现大幅波动。
• Mr Obama will soon need to show that what he is proposing amounts to more than just window dressing.
  奥巴马很快就必须用实际行动来证明，他所提议的措施不只是装饰门面。
• But this type of financial window dressing is neither exclusive to Lehman nor, prima facie, illegal.
  但这种财务上“粉饰门面”的做法并非雷曼所独有，而且从表面上看也并不违法。