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
- Today, it's safe to say that the Chery Car Company is a paper tiger.
今天，我们可以说奇瑞公司不过是只“纸老虎”，可那只代表今天。 - The superpower was suddenly revealed as a paper tiger.
这个超级大国一下子暴露出纸老虎的真面目。 - 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。 - But we said that Chiang Kai-shek was only a paper tiger and that we could certainly defeat him.
但是我们说，蒋介石不过是一个纸老虎，我们一定会打赢他。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Look! Was n't Hitler a paper tiger?
你看，希特勒是不是纸老虎？ - Don't be afraid of him. he's no more than a paper tiger.
不用怕他，他只不过是个纸老虎而已。