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red herring

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  • n.熏青鱼;转移注意力的东西

详细释义

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"

双语例句

    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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