red herring
近义词：smokedherring，preliminaryprospectus，
英英释义
Noun
- any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
- a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
- 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.)
- 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。
- 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。