red herring

• n. 熏青鱼；转移注意力的东西

英英释义

Noun:

1. any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue

2. a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

3. a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus;

   "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The subsidies debate is a red herring.
   关于补助的争论不过是转移注意力的幌子。
2. The police often put out such red herrings to scare the culprit into panicking.
   警察总是给出这种转移注意力的东西，让罪魁祸首惊惶恐惧。

经典引文

• History..is a red herring; the past is irrelevant.

  出自： G. Swift

• Three people sniffed out the red herrings, but only one had got the motive..right.

  出自：Holiday Which?

词汇搭配

• red herring 熏青鱼
• draw a red herring across the track 在谈话中谈些不相干的...
• a red herring 熏青鱼
• draw a red herring across the path 把话题扯到别处...
• draw a red herring across the trail 引上错路

近反义词

【近义词】

• smoked herring 烟海令鱼
• preliminary prospectus [经] 初步募股书...