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
  1. he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth

双语例句

• 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。
• Look! Was n't Hitler a paper tiger?
  你看，希特勒是不是纸老虎？
• 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。
• While it is in fact a paper tiger, that country looks like a huge monster.
  虽然看起来那个国家像个庞然大物，但实际上是一只纸老虎。
• 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。
• 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。
• Through on-the-spot investigation paper patterns, crafts and materials of tiger head imitation caps in the area were researched.
  通过实地考察与民艺采风的方式，对虎头帽的制作纸样、制作工艺与制作材料逐一进行了研究。
• Mr Ch á vez may be something of a paper tiger whose anti-American rhetoric is invariably more outlandish than the generally cautious policies pursued by his government.
  查韦斯或许有点像只纸老虎，他的反美言论总是比自己政府执行的谨慎政策更出格。
• Thank Chongqing paper tiger and Cultural Development Corporation to sign the notebook TOUCH assembly of strong support.
  感谢重庆纸老虎文化发展有限公司对TOUCH意纸·记事本标志征集活动的大力支持。
• Prizes awarded by the Chongqing paper tiger and Cultural Development Corporation sole sponsor.
  获奖奖品由重庆纸老虎文化发展有限公司独家赞助。