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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As an art, window dressing has evolved far beyond the snow scenes of my youth.
  作为一种艺术，橱窗展示已经演变成远非我年轻时的雪景。
• And politically speaking, "window dressing" R& D centres no longer work for multinationals.
  从政治角度而言，“粉饰”研发中心对跨国公司而言也不再奏效。
• 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 second part puts much effort on the typical ways Chinese listed companies use in window dressing.
  第二章着重分析了我国上市公司报表粉饰的常见手段和典型案例。
• They have painted the living room and tidied the garden in order to sell the house, but it's really only window dressing because the roof needs attention and the electric wiring is still unsafe.
  为了出售房子他们粉饰了起居室并整理了花园，不过那其实只是粉饰门面而已，因为房顶需要修缮，供电线路还不安全。
• Some forms of window dressing, such as selling losing stocks right before reporting quarter-end holdings to investors, are perfectly legal.
  某些形式的粉饰账面是完全合法的，譬如在向投资者公布季度末持仓状况之前卖出面临损失的股票。