window dressing

ˈwindow ˌdressing noun [uncountableU]

1 HIDE/NOT SHOWsomething that is intended to make people like your plans or activities, and to stop them seeing the true situation – used to show disapproval 粉飾門面；弄虛作假〔含貶義〕

All these glossy pamphlets are just window dressing – the fact is that the new mall will ruin the neighborhood.

所有這些精美光亮的小冊子都只是表面文章——事實是新商場將破壞附近的環境。

2. SHOP/STOREARRANGE A GROUP OF THINGS OR PEOPLEthe art of arranging goods in a shop window so that they look attractive to customers 〔商店的〕櫥窗布置藝術

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window dressing• The proposal seems no more than a window dressing exercise.• Critics say that the organization's call to include more minorities is just window dressing.• We think that a couple of buy-outs will be allowed to succeed as a form of window dressing.• It is probably patronising to say that in both cases the window dressing is up to Kensington standards, but it is.• Hence the unmarked grave; still part of the window dressing.• Granted some of the images are a little sanitised, but the good intentions can be clearly read through the window dressing.

From Longman Business Dictionary

window dressingˈwindow ˌdressing noun [uncountableU]

1when people try to give the public a favourable idea about something, sometimes hiding the true situation

Stock prices benefited from window dressing by some money managers anxious to present good reports to clients.

2the art of arranging goods in a shop window so that they look attractive to customers

—window dresser noun [countableC]

Window dressers have created strong demand for the stock.

ˈwindow ˌdressing noun

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