window dressing

英 [ˈwɪndəʊ dresɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɪndoʊ dresɪŋ]

n.  橱窗装饰艺术; 橱窗设计艺术; 装饰门面; 弄虚作假

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 橱窗装饰艺术；橱窗设计艺术
  the art of arranging goods in shop/store windows in an attractive way
• 装饰门面；弄虚作假
  the fact of doing or saying sth in a way that creates a good impression but does not show the real facts
  1. The reforms are seen as window dressing.
     这些改革被视为是装饰门面。

英英释义

noun

• the decoration of shop windows
• a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
  Synonym:facade

双语例句

• CSS has addressed many issues related to window dressing: fonts, spacing, padding, backgrounds, and more& all visual presentation elements.
  CSS已解决许多与窗口修饰相关的问题：字体、间距、填充、背景，等等&所有视觉呈现元素。
• Keep up appearances Window dressing. Business as usual.
  ph.1.装门面，2.保持常态装潢门面期间，照常营业。
• Window dressing occurs much more frequently in small, thinly traded stocks, whose shares tend to swing widely, according to trading and securities-law experts.
  交易和证券法专家称，粉饰账面操作多针对交易量低的小型股，这类股票往往会出现大幅波动。
• Mr Obama will soon need to show that what he is proposing amounts to more than just window dressing.
  奥巴马很快就必须用实际行动来证明，他所提议的措施不只是装饰门面。
• This effect may be the result of window dressing by the fund managing companies.
  这种现象可能与基金的窗饰效应有关。
• There is "a pattern of incremental rule change, but it's just window dressing, and we move forward to the next scandal".
  证交所形成了“一种规则渐变模式，但这只是装装门面，丑闻还会爆发”。
• Fair Value and the Window Dressing of Consolidated Financial Statements
  论公允价值与合并会计报表中的财务粉饰
• But this type of financial window dressing is neither exclusive to Lehman nor, prima facie, illegal.
  但这种财务上“粉饰门面”的做法并非雷曼所独有，而且从表面上看也并不违法。
• If banks 'sheer bulk is a systemic problem, then a new cap that preserves the status quo is merely window dressing.
  如果银行的绝对规模是系统性问题，那么维持现状的新限制不过是在粉饰门面。
• The practice, known as 'marking the close' or 'portfolio pumping,' is a form of 'window dressing'& a term for a variety of techniques employed by asset managers to make their results look better at the end of the quarter.
  这种做法被称为设定收市价或投资组合拉抬，是粉饰账面的一种形式&粉饰账面是指资产管理经理在季度末为改善业绩数据而采用的各种手段。