Many of Mr Obama's achievements have a Potemkin quality.
奥巴马的许多成就不过是徒有其表而已。
The story is that PERT was a Potemkin Village kind of thing.
故事是关于PERT图这种类似于‘波将金村庄’(Potemkin Village)之流用来充门面的东西的。
It was a Potemkin village of a museum: an authentic, long "gallery".
这是博物馆版的“波特金村”：一座真正的“长”馆。
Facing no pressure from the Potemkin electoral system, Mr Putin has little reason to rush.
面对波将金的竞选系统，普金先生丝毫没有压力，他没有理由往前直冲。
OK, maybe you are thinking: a) he's easily fooled, it was a "Potemkin village" presentation event (see here);
你可能会这么想：a）他真好骗，这是一个空洞无物的活动；
The areas that couldn't be prettified in time were hidden behind Olympic billboards that would have made Grigori Potemkin proud.
在这一时刻，骄傲的格里戈里·波特金奥运广告牌背后隐藏着无法美化的区域。
AMERICA’S system of elections for the boards of companies has long been a sort of Potemkin village: impressive, until you lean on it.
长期以来，美国公司的董事选举都是波将金村式的，直到你切身的了解了，才会发现这是让人感受深刻的。
If Shi Lang is anything like her sister, she could turn out to be a naval version of the mythical "Potemkin village" - an impressive facade over a rickety interior.
如果“施琅号”和她姐妹情况相同，她将是海军版的“波将金村庄”，只不过是虚有其表的绣花枕头而已。
The happy couples pose at the top of the Potemkin stairs or by the statue of the Duc DE Richelieu during their fifteen minutes of fame before another party takes their place.
幸福的一对在他们出席另一场聚会之前，会在使他们出名的15分钟期间，在波将金台阶顶上或者离塞留公爵雕像附近摆摆样子。
The Potemkin makeover does little to conceal the neighborhood's dismal condition. Nevertheless, Jin is happy to know that, at least until after Expo 2010, Baoxing Cun will not be torn down.
里弄的新妆并没有激励居民们消极的情绪，但金还是为此感到高兴，因为这意味着至少在世博会前，宝兴村还是安全的。
Some Germans now say the old East Germany is the equivalent of a Potemkin village: the buildings have been given a makeover but the mass exodus of the young means there is no one living in them.
有的德国人现在说，老东德就是个伪居民区：建筑物已经换上新颜，但是大量年轻人的迁出意味着东德的房屋中无人居住。
Eisenstein:Soviet filmmaker considered among the most influential directors in the history of motion pictures. His films include Potemkin (1925) and alexander Nevsky (1938), his first film with sound.
爱森斯坦：苏联电影摄制人，被认为是电影史上最有影响的导演之一，他导演的影片包括《战舰波将金号》（1925年），以及他的第一部有声电影《亚历山大·涅夫斯基》（1938年）。
Eisenstein:Soviet filmmaker considered among the most influential directors in the history of motion pictures. His films include Potemkin (1925) and alexander Nevsky (1938), his first film with sound.
爱森斯坦：苏联电影摄制人，被认为是电影史上最有影响的导演之一，他导演的影片包括《战舰波将金号》（1925年），以及他的第一部有声电影《亚历山大·涅夫斯基》（1938年）。
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