| 词汇 | red-herring |
| 释义 | red herring noun[ C ] uk /ˌred ˈher.ɪŋ/ us /ˌred ˈher.ɪŋ/ a fact, idea, or subject that takes people's attention away from the central point being considered: 转移注意力的事情（或想法、话题） The police investigated many clues, but they were all red herrings.警方调查了很多线索，但那都是些转移他们视线的信息。 Irrelevant be neither here nor thereidiom be no objectidiom beside enter into something extraneous immateriality irrelevance irrelevancy irrelevant irrelevantly moot nothing object odds picture point prejudice tangential tangentially unconnected You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Confusion, confusing and feeling confused red herring | American Dictionaryred herring noun[ C ] us/ˈred ˈher·ɪŋ/ something that takes attention away from a more important subject: Racism was not a factor in the case – that was a red herring thrown in by the defense lawyers. Examples of red herringred herring Specification is a redherring, and the theory of the global array is a (probably inadequate) solution to a non-problem. In other words, popular consensus, or a shared moral universe, may be something of a redherring. Citing spiders (or bees) is simply a redherring. This reference to history is a redherring. This whole debate, in fact, seems like a redherring. But it proves to be a redherring. Frankly, we think this notion is nothing but a redherring that detracts from the problem at hand. As with any redherring, if we are to succeed in solving the puzzle correctly we must resist the temptation to fish for it. Indeed, language may be a redherring, distracting us from the intriguing question of the nature of apes' social interactions. In fact, the "identity" issue is a redherring. What they undoubtedly left behind was a large redherring obstructing the path of free communication - and a legacy of self-righteousness, guilt and prejudice. This, of course, is simply another redherring because the translations will stand or fall on their accuracy, not on who made them. Overcompensation by plants: herbivore optimization or redherring? If he had, he would know that he has just raised a redherring. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a complete redherring, and a completely unnecessary detraction from the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of red herring These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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