Because it is a smokescreen deflecting off the 800-pound gorilla, some people call it the elephant in the room.

因为这是一个烟雾弹，偏离了 800 磅重的大猩猩（目标），或者说房间里的大象（主要问题）。

The epidemic of gaming deaths is not a real issue. It's a sensationalist smokescreen to get ratings into demonized games.

游戏致死的流行并不是一个真正的问题。这是一个耸人听闻的烟雾弹，目的是被妖魔化的游戏的视频获得收视率。

He's just asked about the other stuff as a bit of a smokescreen.

他只是把那些问题当作烟幕弹提了出来。

Rather than make herself more transparent, she brazenly lies, putting up a smokescreen.

她没有己更透明，而是厚颜无地撒谎，设置烟幕弹。

But I actually find that a very interesting smokescreen for why they did what they did.

但觉得，这是他们为所做所为找的一个非常有趣的烟幕弹。

They are the smokescreen for the millions of abused women that are typical of prostituted women.

它们是数百万遭受虐待的女性面前的烟幕，这些女性通常是那些从事卖淫的女性。

Or could The Rock just be blowing a smokescreen to make the Keanu cameo hit even harder?

或者，道恩·强森只是在放烟幕弹，以使基努的客串更加震撼人心？

So, the Republican plan is actually just-it's just a smokescreen. It's a Potemkin plan. There's nothing real there.

所以，共和党的计划际上只是一个烟幕弹。它是个空壳计划。里面没有任何质性内容。

Calling them humourless or militant, sanctimonious or annoying or hypocrites — all of these terms are just smokescreens for what it is that people really feel, which is fear.

称他们为没有幽默感、激进、道貌岸然、令人生厌，或是伪善——所有这些词只是掩盖人们真感受的烟幕，那种真感受就是恐惧。

When squid eject the ink, they either use it to make a large smokescreen that completely blocks the predator's view or a blob that roughly mimics the size and shape of the squid.

当乌贼喷出墨水时，它们要么用它来制作大烟幕来完全阻止捕食者的视线或大致模仿乌贼大小和形状的斑点。

When squid eject the ink, they either use it to make a large smokescreen that completely blocks the predator’s view or a blob that roughly mimics the size and shape of the squid.

当鱿鱼喷出墨水时，它们要么用它来制作一个完全阻挡捕食者视线的大烟幕，要么用它来制作一个大致模仿鱿鱼大小和形状的斑点。

So it might be a pitch rolling exercise or it might be a smokescreen but I think that's going to continue over the next couple of weeks as they try to sort of map out the parameters.

所以这可能是一次战术性演练，也可能是掩人耳目的手段，但觉得在接下来的几周里，他们还会继续这样做，以试图厘清相关界限。