borrowed plumes
借得的漂亮衣服装门面
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基本释义
- n. 借得的漂亮衣服装门面；靠别人得来的声望
例句
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1·The impostor was exposed publicly and thus stripped of his borrowed plumes.这骗子被当众揭发，伪装被撕下了。
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2·Mary looed charming in her borrowed plumes; she had taken, without asking, her aunt's fan and jewellery.玛丽穿戴着借来的服饰，样子很迷人。她未经允许拿了她姑妈的扇子和首饰来用。
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3·And then you won't know me, Sir; and I shall not be your Jane Eyre any longer, but an ape in a harlequin's jacket — a jay in borrowed plumes.那你就不认识我了，先生，我不再是你的简·爱，而是穿了丑角衣装的猴子——一只披了别人羽毛的八哥。