red herring

noun

1. 转移注意力的次要事实（或想法、事件等）
   an unimportant fact, idea, event, etc. that takes people's attention away from the important ones

1. N-COUNT 遮眼法；转移注意力之物
   If you say that something is a red herring, you mean that it is not important and it takes your attention away from the main subject or problem you are considering.
   1. As Dr Smith left he said that the inquiry was something of a red herring.
      史密斯博士离开时说这次调查只是为掩人耳目。

1. As Dr Smith left he said that the inquiry was something of a red herring.
   史密斯博士离开时说这次调查只是为掩人耳目。
2. Some people have written RDF processing tools that manipulate the XML syntax directly using XQuery, but I consider this a bit of a red herring for general-purpose RDF processing.
   已经有人编写了直接使用XQuery操作XML语法的RDF处理工具，但我认为对于通用的RDF处理，这多少有点多此一举。
3. The combination of the modern style extension and the original Victorian building is neither flesh, nor fowl nor good red herring.
   现代风格的附加部分和原先的维多利亚式建筑物的结合是不伦不类的。
4. This story is a red herring to divert public attention from this issue.
   这故事不过是用来转移公众的注意力的。
5. I like to imagine a world in which "neither fish, flesh nor good red herring" was irritatingly common.
   我想象这个到处洋溢着“非鱼，非肉，也不是标致的红鲱鱼”的世界一定很刺激。
6. This place is not a bungalow, or a cottage, or a house, it is neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring.
   这所住宅既不是农舍，更不是楼房，真是四不像。
7. Even Britain's trade deficit with Europe is a red herring.
   即使英国与欧洲的贸易赤字是一条红鲱鱼。
8. The bilateral trade imbalance, the target of so many American politicians 'anger, is an economic red herring.
   众多美国政客的怒气所指&双边贸易不平衡是转移注意力的经济遁词。
9. The current debate on a European SDRM is therefore a red herring.
   因此，当前关于欧洲主权债务重组机制的辩论是在混淆视听。
10. That was just a red herring to lull you into a false sense of security while I made my plans.
    那正是让你在我为自己筹划将来的时候掉以轻心的烟幕弹。
11. For the case of Switzerland, it finds this contribution to be relatively small regardless of whether or not the cost of dying is accounted for, thus qualifying the "red herring" hypothesis.
    从瑞士的例子来看，无论是否考虑濒临死亡成本，这种影响都相对较小，因而符合不相干事实假说。
12. On such a red-letter day, we find our finance has been in the red because of the official's red tape, but when we try to figure out the details, the official promises a bonus as a red herring.
    在这样一个重要的日子里，我们却发现由于政府人员的官僚主义和繁文缛节，我们的财政已陷入赤字。当我们试图进一步弄清状况时，政府却答应给我们奖金来转移话题。
13. For example Fowler condemned as "clich é s" many phrases I'd never heard: "a curate's egg"," neither fish, flesh nor good red herring", and so on.
    比如说福勒拿来批评“循词”的许多短语我听都没听说过：“一只牧师助理的鸡蛋”，“非鱼，非肉，也不是标致的红鲱鱼”，诸如此类。
14. Inflation numbers, due out on Thursday, look like a red herring.
    定于本周四发布的通胀数据，看上去就像是一个转移注意力的话题。
15. The final prospectus sent by underwriters to prospective investors following filing of the registration statement and the red herring.
    完成公开声明书和红鲱后承销商向潜在投资者发出的最终说明书。
16. What Americans ought to care most about is maintaining our growth, not the red herring of gaps in income and wealth.
    美国民众最该关心的应是保持经济的增长，而不是将注意力转移到收入与财富的差距上。
17. They were using the issue as a red herring.
    他们正利用这个问题来转移注意力。
18. Information that is used to draw attention away from the real facts ofthe a situation is called a red herring.
    一些用于转移某种情况的真相的信息往往被称为熏青鱼。
19. The information about increased development costs was merely a red herring to divert attention from the fact that the initial budget was wrongly estimated.
    增加发展费用的消息，只不过是想转移对最初财政预算错误估计的注意力。
20. He has done graduate work in neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania and was previously senior science writer at Red Herring magazine.
    迈德在美国宾州大学完成神经生物学的研究所课程，曾经担任创投杂志《红鲱鱼》的资深科学作家。
21. Four little nigger boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one, and then there were three.
    四个小黑人到海边去；一条红鲱鱼吞下一个，还剩三个。
22. He said it was a "red herring" to try now and claim that this was some shocking new revelation.
    他说，现在试图把这些东西称作令人震惊的新发现，这是在转移人们的视线。
23. Whenever he got in a difficulty, he would pull a red herring across the track.
    一遇到难题，他就用些不相干的事把问题扯开去。
24. A "red herring" diverts attention from the main issue.
    “熏鲱”是指避开主要问题转移注意力的东西或话题；
25. His critics say his emphasis on the past 10 years is a red herring.
    批评他的人表示，他对过去十年的强调是在混淆视听。
26. The ethics argument is a red herring, and not a particularly sustainable one.
    道德方面的理由是在转移视线，并不是特别具有可持续性。
27. What is missing is a realistic prospect that either will be able to tackle the problems that actually do sap US competitiveness ( as opposed to worrying about the exchange rate, which is a red herring).
    现在我们看不到他们两人中有哪一位能够解决那些真正削弱美国竞争力的问题（相对于对汇率问题的担忧，后者不过是用来转移注意力的话题）。
28. This church has a Norman tower and a Gothic facade; it's neither fish flesh nor good red herring.
    这座教堂既有诺曼式的塔，又有哥特式的门面，不伦不类。
29. Such regeneration will, of course, do nothing to help Cornwall or Belfast, but that is a red herring.
    当然，这种复兴不会给康沃尔（cornwall）或贝尔法斯特（belfast）带来任何帮助，但它可以转移公众的注意力。

noun

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

2. a first draft of a prospectus
   1. because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring

   Synonym:    preliminary prospectus

3. a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

   Synonym:    smoked herring