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

• Anything else is just window dressing.
  至于其他作法，不过是点缀而已。
• 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。
• As an art, window dressing has evolved far beyond the snow scenes of my youth.
  作为一种艺术，橱窗展示已经演变成远非我年轻时的雪景。
• Since the beginning of last year, the SEC has brought at least three cases against money managers for allegedly window dressing stocks in their portfolios.
  从去年年初开始，SEC就基金经理涉嫌对投资组合中的股票进行粉饰账面操作至少提出了三项诉讼。
• The reforms have been interpreted as window dressing.
  这些变革被称作是装饰门面。
• Window dressing. Business as usual.
  装潢门面期间，照常营业。
• This shop's window dressing is elegant.
  该店的橱窗布置真是美观大方。
• Sceptics say this means that regional experiments with hedging are mere window dressing until regulators make it easier for fund managers to short the largest stocks across the Gulf.
  持怀疑态度的人士称，这意味着除非监管机构使基金经理们更易于做空海湾地区最大的股票，否则该地区在对冲方面的尝试只不过是做做样子。
• 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。
• And politically speaking, "window dressing" R& D centres no longer work for multinationals.
  从政治角度而言，“粉饰”研发中心对跨国公司而言也不再奏效。