red herring

常見例句

雙語例句

• I like to imagine a world in which “neither fish, flesh nor good red herring” was irritatingly common.
  我喜歡來想象這個“非魚，非肉，也不是標致的紅鯡魚”多到讓人上火的世界。
• He says the threat of dangerous quakes is a "red herring" that has slowed investment, particularly federal money.
  他說地震的威脅是一塊“紅鯡魚”，使吸引投資受阻，特別是聯(lián)邦資金。
• For example Fowler condemned as “clichés” many phrases I'd never heard: “a curate's egg”, “neither fish, flesh nor good red herring”, and so on.
  比如說福勒拿來批評“循詞”的許多短語我聽都沒聽說過：“一只牧師助理的雞蛋”，“非魚，非肉，也不是標致的紅鯡魚”，諸如此類。

原聲例句

• Information that is used to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation is called a red herring.

權威例句

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• The carried interest tax issue, however, is a red herring and a topic for another time.
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• Shaking my head in bewilderment, it occurred to me: Could this be a red herring?
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