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劍橋詞典

to fight an imaginary enemy by hitting the air with your hands
與假想敵打空拳
UK
to pretend to argue about or deal with a problem , often to avoid dealing with the most important problem
（常爲(wèi)避免処理最重要的問題）假裝爭(zhēng)論（或処理）某個(gè)問題
The main political parties are merely shadowboxing, instead of tackling the real economic problems facing this country . 各主要政黨衹是出虛招，而不是処理該國(guó)真正麪臨的經(jīng)濟(jì)問題。 返回 shadowbox