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

• Sceptics say this means that regional experiments with hedging are mere window dressing until regulators make it easier for fund managers to short the largest stocks across the Gulf.
  持怀疑态度的人士称，这意味着除非监管机构使基金经理们更易于做空海湾地区最大的股票，否则该地区在对冲方面的尝试只不过是做做样子。
• 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。
• This shop's window dressing is elegant.
  该店的橱窗布置真是美观大方。
• It isn't easy to spot or prove the window dressing of stocks.
  要识别或证实针对股票的粉饰账面行为并不是件容易的事情。
• In reality, many of the changes are window dressing with schools just trying to keep their cash cow M.B.A. programs alive by attempting to ride the entrepreneurial fever breaking out across the country.
  在现实生活中，有许多此类变革其实只是装点门面而已，学校们想要让M.B.A.项目这棵摇钱树保持活力，于是就趁着全国刮起的这一股创业风潮来赶时髦。
• Since the beginning of last year, the SEC has brought at least three cases against money managers for allegedly window dressing stocks in their portfolios.
  从去年年初开始，SEC就基金经理涉嫌对投资组合中的股票进行粉饰账面操作至少提出了三项诉讼。
• 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。
• 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。
• Packaging must first of all, the customer is responsible for window dressing and be products are not going to win.
  包装首先要对客户负责，华而不实与实而不华的产品不会赢得消费群体。
• The reforms have been interpreted as window dressing.
  这些变革被称作是装饰门面。