grandstanding

1. N-UNCOUNT Grandstanding means behaving in a way that makes people pay attention to you instead of thinking about more important matters. 嘩眾取寵[美國英語]

Opponents of the measure say it's political grandstanding that could prove devastating to the economy. 該措施的反對者說，正是政治上的嘩眾取寵可能驗證對經(jīng)濟造成毀滅性破壞的這一結(jié)果。