red herring

red herring什么意思,red herring翻译

基本解释

n.: 题外话；转移注意力的事；【食】熏青鱼
网络: 红鲱鱼；指的分散注意力的

权威解释

• 转移注意力的次要事实（或想法、事件等）:

  an unimportant fact, idea, event, etc. that takes people"s attention away from the important ones

英汉解释

• 【食】熏青鱼

• 题外话;转移注意力的事

词性分析

• 复数：red herrings

同义词

n.decoytrickploylurediversion

例句

• "The blame put on China, Brazil and India is nothing but a red herring to distract people"s attention from the real problem, " he said.

  “把罪名安插在中国、巴西和印度，只不过是转移视线的把戏。”他说道。

• Then finally to a red herring, and then only on the rest of my small and a little hint of the Secretary of the reaction.

  话终于转到了正题，再余下的就只需要我的一点点暗示和小秘书的反应了。

• Protecting the environment is often portrayed as a political red herring that undercuts how competitive American business can be.

  保护环境往往被描述为政治上用来转移注意力以降低美国商业的竞争力。

• That was just a red herring to lull you into a false sense of security while I made my plans.

  那正是让你在我为自己筹划将来的时候掉以轻心的烟幕弹。

• The next instruction is a bit of a red herring, at least as far as this article is concerned.

  接下来的内容有些偏离主题，至少不是这篇文章关注的主题。

• He said it was a "red herring" to try now and claim that this was some shocking new revelation.

  他说，现在试图把这些东西称作令人震惊的新发现，这是在转移人们的视线。

• And with our hyper-consumption of those animals producing greenhouse gases and heart disease, kindness might just be a bit of a red herring.

  并且随着我们对于这些动物的过度消耗产生温室气体和心脏疾病，仁慈可能仅仅是一种逃避的方式。

• Inflation numbers, due out on Thursday, look like a red herring.

  定于本周四发布的通胀数据，看上去就像是一个转移注意力的话题。

• This point of view certainly has some truth, but rather a red herring, ". "

  这种观点固然有一定道理，但未免有点“舍本逐末”了。

• As for the left-eyed and right-eyed flatfish, their difference, however striking, appears to be an evolutionary red herring.

  至于左眼比目鱼右眼比目鱼，其区别尽管多么引人注目，看起来好像是进化论中的熏鲱鱼，实在是转移注意力的闲扯。