a red herring

基本解釋

• 熏青魚(yú)；轉(zhuǎn)移人們注意力的東西

英漢例句

雙語(yǔ)例句

• But that is a red herring.
  但那是一塊燙手的山芋。
• Still, many physicists pointed out it could yet prove to be a red herring.
  許多物理學(xué)家還是指出它仍可能鑒定為是轉(zhuǎn)移注意力的東西。
• Calculation is a red herring in engineering - what's important is an architectural understanding of space.
  計(jì)算在工程上是容易誤導(dǎo)人的事——因?yàn)橹匾氖墙ㄖ煂?duì)空間的理解。

原聲例句

• Information that is used to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation is called a red herring.

權(quán)威例句

• The carried interest tax issue, however, is a red herring and a topic for another time.
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• Shaking my head in bewilderment, it occurred to me: Could this be a red herring?
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• But the "verification gap" is a red herring, a problem of Mr. Obama's own making.
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