I like to imagine a world in which "neither fish, flesh nor good red herring" was irritatingly common.
我喜欢来想象这个“非鱼,非肉,也不是标致的红鲱鱼”多到让人上火的世界。
For example Fowler condemned as "cliches" 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。
The next instruction is a bit of a red herring, at least as far as this article is concerned.
接下来的内容有些偏离主题,至少不是这篇文章关注的主题。
Even Britain's trade deficit with Europe is a red herring.
英国与欧盟之间的贸易逆差甚至可以转移人们的注意力。
The source with access to the data, a specialist in aviation weather who declined to be identified, said Monday that lightning appeared to be a "red herring."
一个不愿透露姓名的航空专家在看过数据后在周一表示闪电可能是一个转移注意力的幌子.
Red Herring, for example, ran articles in September of 2000 and March of 2001 on the future of e-sourcing and distributed computing, respectively.
Red Herring在 2000 年9 月和 2001 年3分别发表了关于电子外包和分布式计算的未来的文章。
Prospectus, final (Offering Circular) the final prospectus sent by underwriters to prospective investors following filing of the registration statement and the red herring.
最终说明书(发行说明书)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。
The bilateral trade imbalance, the target of so many American politicians' anger, is an economic red herring.
众多美国政客指责的目标——双边贸易不平衡,是转移注意力的经济遁词。
On their seats were boxed dinners containing schnapps beer pickled herring new potatoes goose crayfish red cabbage Brussels sprouts and saffron buns.
每个人的座位都有餐盒,里面有香甜酒、啤酒、腌鲱鱼、当年收成的马铃薯、淡水螯虾、红色卷心菜、球芽甘蓝及番红花面包。
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。
"I think 'smarts' is a red herring," he continued.
“我认为‘聪明’是一个转移了焦点的说法,”他继续说道。
But they're not alone; in fact, I think they're something of a red herring.
但是红头发并不是他们独有,其实我认为这是一处障眼。
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。
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。
Information that is used to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation is called a red herring.
用来将人的注意力从真相上转移走的信息被称作熏青鱼。
This apparent conflict between scenic beauty and biodiversity on one hand and economic development on the other is a red herring.
一方面是壮丽的景色和生物多样化,另一方面却是经济的开发,两者之间明显的冲突转移了人们的注意力。
The new number released by the sales team is a red herring. We all know what the truth is.
销售组公布的新数据就是想掩人耳目,我们都知道真正的情况是什么。
Nobody felt well after last night's meal. The cook said we had all drunk too much but this was a red herring as we were sure it was the food that was bad.
大家在昨天晚餐后都觉得不太舒服。厨师说我们都喝了太多酒,但那只是混淆视听的说法,因为我们都很确定是食物不佳的缘故。
For instance, one plane with a special transponder could send out a string of false echoes. This could make one red-herring plane look Like an entire formation of attackers.
举例来说,在一架飞机上安置特别应答机,它能发出连串虚伪回波,这让一架用来转移注意力的飞机看起来象是整个飞翔编队。
For instance, one plane with a special transponder could send out a string of false echoes. This could make one red-herring plane look Like an entire formation of attackers.
举例来说,在一架飞机上安置特别应答机,它能发出连串虚伪回波,这让一架用来转移注意力的飞机看起来象是整个飞翔编队。
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