Potemkin village
potemkin-village的词性:
n.(名词)
1. Something that appears elaborate and impressive but in actual fact lacks substance:
矫饰的门面,气度不凡的虚假外表:看似华丽庄严而实际却无实质的东西:
“the Potemkin village of this country's borrowed prosperity”(Lewis H Lapham)
“用这个国家借来的财富装饰起来的村庄”(刘易斯H拉伯姆)
potemkin-village的词源:
2. After &B{Grigori Aleksandrovich} Potemkin [who had elaborate fake villages constructed for Catherine the Great's tours of the Ukraine and the Crimea]
源自 &B{格里高利·亚历山德罗维奇} Potemkin[他让人在凯萨琳二世巡游乌克兰及克里米亚时搭建的华丽的度假村庄]