paper tiger
英 [ˌpeɪpə ˈtaɪɡə(r)]
美 [ˌpeɪpər ˈtaɪɡər]
n. (指人、国家或局势)纸老虎,外强中干者
牛津词典
noun
- (指人、国家或局势)纸老虎,外强中干者
a person, a country or a situation that seems or claims to be powerful or dangerous but is not really
柯林斯词典
- 纸老虎;外强中干者
If you say that an institution, a country, or a person is apaper tiger, you mean that although they seem powerful they do not really have any power.
英英释义
noun
- the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual
- he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth
双语例句
- I also said that the tsar of Russia was a paper tiger, as were the emperor of China and Japanese imperialism, and see, they were all overthrown.
我也谈到沙皇是纸老虎,中国皇帝是纸老虎,日本帝国主义是纸老虎,你看,都倒了。 - They are themselves a paper tiger, not to mention their stooges.
他们自己就是纸老虎,更不用说他们的走狗了。 - Look at that tiger lamp, after making a good framework, with shiny gold frame with paper to live, so that a life-like tiger immediately displayed before the eyes.
再看那虎灯,制作好框架后,用闪闪发亮的金纸糊住框架,这样,一只栩栩如生的老虎就立刻展现在了眼前。 - If Russia then intervened in the Baltic states and Nato did not respond, the Kremlin would have achieved the huge prize of demonstrating that the western military alliance is a paper tiger.
如果俄罗斯接下来在波罗的海国家实施干预,而北约没有做出回应,那么俄罗斯就取得了一项重大胜利&展示了西方军事联盟就是一只纸老虎。 - English is a "paper tiger". Its natural enemy is adequate practice.
英语是个“纸老虎”,它的敌人是足够的练习。 - This paper starts with the discussion of the dragon and tiger Daoism music and folk custom form in Xinguo State realm.
从兴国州域龙虎道教音乐与民俗形态切入,以“龙虎道乐”中的五大声腔为依据,全面考察该乐种“阴阳”二律的辩证思维方法。 - The paper tiger will be punished for its crimes against this great country, they will one day crumble as fast as they have risen.
纸老虎终将要为他们对国家所犯下的罪行受到惩罚,而且被消灭的日子也不远了。 - For most of the season, Oklahoma City looked like something of a paper tiger& a nice, up-a nd-coming team with a record that made it look better than it really was.
本赛季的大部分时间里,俄克拉荷马城看起来就像一个纸老虎&有着一个华丽、进取并且看起来比实际上更好的球队。 - This paper make a probe into protecting wild tiger in the national natural reserve reserve of Hupin mountain in Hunan province, which is one of two habitat with enough area.
湖南壶瓶山国家级自然保护区是我国“目前仅有的两处具有合适面积的华南虎栖息地”。就如何拯救保护区华南虎做了初步的研究探讨,并提出了拯救方案。 - The paper introduces the experiences and practices of Tiger Forest& Paper Group in perfecting training mechanism and innovating training model in order to elevate the qualification of its employees.
介绍了泰格林纸集团完善培训机制,创新培训形式,提升员工素质的经验做法。