borrowed plumes
基本解釋
- n. 借得的漂亮衣服裝門麪;靠別人得來的聲望
英漢例句
- The impostor was exposed publicly and thus stripped of his borrowed plumes.
這騙子被儅衆(zhòng)揭發(fā),偽裝被撕下了。
blog.sina.com.cn - The unlawful government did not last long and its leaders soon lost all their borrowed plumes.
這個非法政府沒能維持多久,政府頭頭的假門麪很快就被完全揭下。 - Mary looed charming in her borrowed plumes; she had taken, without asking, her aunt's fan and jewellery.
瑪麗穿戴著借來的服飾,樣子很迷人。她未經(jīng)允許拿了她姑媽的扇子和首飾來用。