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red herring

red herring基本解释

熏青鱼；转移注意力的东西

red herring同义词

red herring相关例句

用作名词(n.)

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。
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。

red herring英英释义

Noun:

any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus;
"because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring"