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

• 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。
• In the Paper Tiger system, files are numbered and filed low to high.
  在这个方法中，文件被编号而且由低到高储存。
• 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。
• Is Chery a paper tiger?
  奇瑞是一只纸老虎？
• 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。
• As he pointed out, all reactionaries are paper tiger.
  正如他所指出的那样，一切反动派都是纸老虎。
• 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。
• 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。
• Look! Was n't Hitler a paper tiger?
  你看，希特勒是不是纸老虎？
• 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。