red herring
英 [red ˈherɪŋ] 美 [rɛd ˈhɛrɪŋ]

n.

熏青鱼，转移注意力的话；

变形

复数：red herrings

英英释义

red herring

• n.
  • any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
  • a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

    同义词：smoked herring

  • a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus

    同义词：preliminary prospectus

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。

权威例句

Red Herring
Red Herring?
Red-shifts and red herrings in geographical ecology
Red‐shifts and red herrings in geographical ecology
Spatial autocorrelation and red herrings in geographical ecology
Ageing of population and health care expenditure: a red herring?
Overcompensation by plants: Herbivore optimization or red herring?
The resource curse revisited and revised: A tale of paradoxes and red herrings
Kernel Density Estimators of Home Range: Smoothing and the Autocorrelation Red Herring
Conversational Interaction and Second Language Development: Recasts, Responses, and Red Herrings?