汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 花架子
花架子
attractive appearance, but without substance
①指花哨而不实用的武术动作。②比喻外表好看但缺少实用价值的东西。也指形式主义的做法工作要讲实效,不要做表面文章,摆~。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

“水磨坊”的指标是非常花架子和冥想。

The "Water-mill" is very showy and meditative.

但是,我总感到不安,觉得他只不过是在给我们一个花架子

But I keep having this uneasy feeling that he's only giving us a snow job.

现在大部分的小区都有一定的绿化,但不是全都能够做到白天、夜晚都能让老人小孩使用,盲目巨大的广场、大片不准践踏的草坪,只能算一个中看不中用的花架子

Most areas now have some green, but not all can do daytime and night for the kids to use, blind tremendous Square, the lawn areas are not allowed on only one count of formalism looking but useless;