tokenism

noun

1. 装点门面；表面文章；敷衍了事；应付差事
   the fact of doing sth only in order to do what the law requires or to satisfy a particular group of people, but not in a way that is really sincere
   1. Appointing one woman to the otherwise all-male staff could look like tokenism.
      给原本清一色的男职员队伍增派一位女性会显得是装点门面。

1. N-UNCOUNT 装点门面;表面文章
   If you refer to an action as tokenism, you disapprove of it because you think it is just done for effect, in order to show a particular intention or to impress a particular type of person.
   1. Is his promotion evidence of the minorities' advance, or mere tokenism?
      他的晋升是证明了少数族裔的进步，还是仅仅为了装点门面？

1. Is his promotion evidence of the minorities 'advance, or mere tokenism?
   他的晋升是证明了少数族裔的进步，还是仅仅为了装点门面？
2. Women have not even reached the level of tokenism that blacks are reaching.
   妇女甚至还没有达到黑人所达到的象征性的平等水平。
3. But, tokenism or not, the Huffington experiment is certainly fascinating, not least because it helps to challenge some of our wider ideas about sleep.
   不管是不是表面文章，赫芬顿的试验至少非常有趣，尤其是它有助于挑战我们对于睡眠的某些更宽泛的观念。
4. Young players should emerge on merit, not because of tokenism, but if we have fewer players in the squads it will create more opportunities.
   年轻人需要出头，这不是形象工程。如果我们球队里年轻人太少，那么就得制造机会。
5. Here the group succumbs to tokenism or fails completely.
   在这方面，该集团要么是在做表面文章，要么是彻底不及格。
6. If you want to be cynical, it is possible to argue that some of this activity is mere tokenism, or just a statistical aberration.
   如果你要扮演怀疑人士的角色，你可以说这种行为只是表面现象，或只是一个统计偏差。
7. US tokenism in nominating an Asian-American is a recognition of the global shift.
   美国此次提名一位亚裔美国人，表明它已认同了全球实力的转移。
8. Second, Mr Obama is guilty of small-bore tokenism.
   其次，奥巴马做的只是些表面文章。
9. Even female chief executives disagree about whether the unintended consequences of legislation ( resentment about tokenism, female directors spread too thinly, and so on) outweigh the benefits.
   就连女性首席执行官们也对立法始料未及的结果（人们对形式主义的不满、女性董事分布太分散，等等）是否会盖过好处存在分歧。
10. The state has often seemed to prefer tokenism to real equality for Coptic Christians, who serve at many levels of government but remain starkly under-represented in the security establishment.
    对科普特基督教徒，埃及政权常更倾向于采取象征主义措施，而非真正的平等。科普特基督教徒虽参与到政府诸多层面工作，在安全机构里却明显缺乏话语权。
11. Inherent rebellious spirit and nobility~ he intends to tokenism poetry, music Impressionist paintings and integration with the East eventually formed their own exploration in his own unique musical language and the arts charm.
    与生俱来的叛逆精神与贵族气质使他有意将象征主义诗歌、印象派绘画和东方音乐融合加之自己的探索开拓终究形成了他自己独特的音乐语言和艺术魅力。
12. As time goes by, the wheel of history has been to the 21st century. Diagram of Yin and Yang fish, as a symbol of Tokenism, has gradually faded out from the sight of people.
    随着时间的推移，历史的车轮已经行驶到二十一世纪，作为道家的象征性符号&阴阳鱼太极图已经逐渐淡出人们的视线。