smokescreen
翻译
烟幕, 幌子
例句
The warship created a smokescreen to hide its retreat.
军舰制造了烟幕来掩护其撤退。
His apology was just a smokescreen for his real plans.
他的道歉只是他真实计划的幌子。
语法模式
((for sth.)) （为某事）放的烟幕 这项声明是为公司问题放的烟幕。 The announcement was a smokescreen for the company's problems.
近义词
近义词: decoy (诱饵), pretext (借口), cover-up (掩饰)
词源
由“smoke”（烟）和“screen”（屏幕，屏障）组成。字面意思是由烟雾构成的屏障。
记忆技巧
想象魔术师用一团烟雾（smokescreen）来隐藏一个戏法。这有助于同时记住它的字面和比喻意义。