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Window dressing is arranging products in a store window to make them look nice and appealing.

橱窗装饰是指在商店的橱窗里摆放产品 让它们看起来很漂亮 吸人眼球

WINDOW DRESSING

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Anna, I just invested in this great new company and you should too. It's a sure thing.

安娜 我刚投资了一家新公司 你也应该投资 绝对赚

And look at all the free stuff you get!

看看这些免费赠品

You should be careful, Jonathan.

你要小心点 乔纳森

All that free stuff could just be window dressing.

这些免费品可能都只是假象

No way. The stock is doing great! Oh no. It's down 5 points from yesterday.

不可能 股市行情可好了 哦不是吧 跟昨天比 下降了五个点

Well, at least you got a free bag... and a hat.

至少你得到了免费的的袋子和帽子

Window dressing is meant to attract customers.

橱窗装饰是为了吸引顾客

That's okay...for a store.

这对商店来说倒无所谓

But in daily life, "window dressing" makes something seem better than it really is.

但在日常生活中 "window dressing"让某物看起来比实际要好

As you might expect, we mostly use this expression in a critical way.

你可能已经猜到了 我们通常会用批评的语气来使用这个表达

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