smoke and mirrors
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌsməʊk ən ˈmɪr.əz]
- 美式音标 [ˌsmoʊk ən ˈmɪr.ɚz]
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基本解释
- 烟雾和镜子；欺骗性行为；用虚假消息骗人
英汉例句
- Smoke and mirrors have long been the preserve of magicians.
烟雾和镜面从来都是魔术师的必备私藏。 - In that sense, the timing of Smoke and Mirrors is just fine.
从这种意义上来讲，《烟与镜》的出版时间是正当其时。 - If it sounds like Aiyar’s five years in Beijing have left her reluctant to give a definitive answer to this question—one she poses often in her book, Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China—she is.
如果这听起来好象是因为艾亚尔在北京的五年使得她不愿意对这个问题给出一个明确的回答，确实是这样。 这个问题她常常在她的书中提起，书名是《烟与镜：经历中国》。 - Prosecutor Drew Robinson thinks this genetic evidence is "smoke and mirrors, " aimed at confusing the jury.
NPR: Can Your Genes Make You Murder? - Smoke and Mirrors is what I think about when I hear the word for-profit schools.
FORBES: For-Profit Colleges Are Not The Problem, State Schools Are - Yet you give the clear impression that HHV is somehow using smoke and mirrors to meet FORBES' efficiency standards.
FORBES: Clean Hit?
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- Something that is described as smoke and mirrors is intended to make you believe that something is being done or is true, when it is not
- irrelevant or misleading information serving to obscure the truth of a situation
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专业释义
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