straw man
英
美
- 稻草人；假想的对手；被当作挡箭牌的人
详细释义
Noun:
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a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
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a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
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an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
双语例句
- He was too good to be a scarecrow and he was too good to be a man.
他太完美了不能做个稻草人，他做一个男人也太完美了。 - The Scarecrow's fields are full of genetically modified soya and the Tin Man has silicon components.
竖立着稻草人的田野现在充斥着转基因大豆，而铁皮人也已装上了半导体芯片。 - He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabour.
他看来在找一个假想的敌人来加以痛打。
用法讲解
- A drowning man will catch at a straw. [谚]人快淹死时，稻...
- a man of straw 稻草人
相关词汇
- robot 机器人
- bird-scarer 稻草人
- front 正面
- front man 挂名负责人
- figurehead 装饰船头的人像...
- scarer 吓人的人或物...
- scarecrow 稻草人
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