| 词汇 | smokescreen |
| 释义 | smokescreenWord family adjectivesmokablesmokedsmokelesssmokysmokeproofsmoketightadverbsmokelesslysmokilynounsmokelessnesssmokersmokinesssmokingsmokosmoke alarmsmokeboardsmoke bombsmokeboxsmoke detectorsmokehoodsmokehousesmokescreensmoke signalsmokestacksmokestack industrysmoking gunsmoke Weapons smoke·screen /ˈsməʊkskriːn $ ˈsmoʊk-/ noun [countableC] 1 HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEsomething that you do or say to hide your real plans or actions 〔用以掩盖真相的〕烟幕 a government that rules behind a smokescreen of democracy 以民主作烟幕实行统治的政府 2. PMWa cloud of smoke produced so that it hides soldiers, ships etc during a battle 〔战役中用以掩蔽士兵、船只等的〕烟幕 Examples from the Corpus smokescreen• Unconsciously they create a smokescreen of confusion as a defence against the fear of being taken over.• He was just firing a smokescreen of emotive words and phrases.• The administration's emphasis on the drop in inflation is just a smokescreen to divert attention from rising unemployment.• The legal advice is part of a smokescreen being put up to hide its intentions and its concern.• Britain's nuclear power programme began with a lie: it was a smokescreen for the nuclear weapons programme.• The rumors were a smokescreen for their own illegal activities.• All a casual but effective smokescreen, neatly blurring our back trail.• Why did he have to be manipulated to admit what he genuinely believed, regardless of the political smokescreens.• The Strasbourg smokescreen will be different. From Longman Business Dictionary smokescreensmoke·screen /ˈsməʊkskriːnˈsmoʊk-/ noun [countableC] something that someone does or says to hide their real plans or actions People sometimes see the budget as a smokescreen for stealth taxation. |
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