Window-dressing
装门面措施
📖 牛津释义
window-dressing
n [U]
(a) art or skill of arranging goods attractively in shop windows 橱窗装饰术.
(b) (usu derog 通常作贬义) presentation of facts, etc in a way that creates a good (and often false) impression 给人良好印象的展示手法（常指虚伪的）
The company's support of scientific research is just window-dressing. 这个公司支持科学研究只不过是摆样子给人看的.
🧩 词语组成解析
window
['wɪndo]
n. 窗，窗户;窗口;〈美俚〉眼镜;
dressing
['dresiŋ]
n. 穿衣;调味品;肥料;
v. 穿着;装饰(dress的现在分词);
🗣️ 情景例句
But his teeth hurt, and he just can't get to sleep, poor dear.
但他的牙疼， 他不能入睡， 可怜的小宝贝。
Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置。
(Bruce rings up his father on the telephone.)
（布鲁斯给他父亲打电话。）