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词汇 smokescreen
释义 smokescreen
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈsməʊk.skriːn/ us /ˈsmoʊk.skriːn/
something that hides the truth about someone's intentions: (用于掩盖真实意图的)烟幕
Instead of doing something about the problem, the city council is hiding behind a smokescreen of bureaucracy.市议会躲在官僚作风的烟幕后,不采取措施解决问题。
an artificial cloud of smoke that is used to hide the movements or positions of soldiers from the enemy(战斗中用于隐蔽军队的行动和位置的)烟幕
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hiding and disguising
be holed upidiom
booby trap
camo
camouflaged
cloak
drown
fig leaf
hit the deckidiom
hole up (somewhere)
illusion
illusionistically
illusively
lurk
secrete
shroud
shut
shut someone/something out
sidle
skulk
stash

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smokescreen
noun[ C ]
(alsosmoke-screen)uk /ˈsməʊkskriːn/us
something which hides the truth about someone's intentions:
a smokescreen for sthThe name change is a smokescreen for something larger.
Some thought the decision to announce a change of direction was a smokescreen to cover the management's desire for the CEO's departure.
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