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proper nounpəˈtɛmkɪnpəˈtem(p)kən A battleship whose crew mutinied in the Russian Revolution of 1905 when in the Black Sea, bombarding Odessa before seeking asylum in Romania. The incident persuaded the tsar to agree to a measure of reform. 波将金号战舰（该舰船员于1905年俄国革命期间在黑海叛乱，炮轰敖德萨之后到罗马尼亚寻求避难。此事促使沙皇进行了一些改革）
adjectivepəˈtɛmkɪnpəˈtem(p)kən informal Having a false or deceptive appearance, especially one presented for the purpose of propaganda. 〈非正式〉（尤指为宣传而）矫饰门面的 a Potemkin news network, set up only to give the appearance of a free press Example sentencesExamples - The Leftist Potemkin seems to think we should have the same rules for children as for adults.
- The Shuttle has become like a Potemkin space program, built purely for the purpose of appearing to exist.
- Typically in such cases, democracy is a Potemkin affair.
- Meanwhile the rounding up of spurious suspects, like Potemkin villages, serves to mask the Government's weakness, rather than exemplify its strengths.
- He too is portrayed as being unable to penetrate the local officials' Potemkin displays of fealty.
- A Potemkin nation based on a house of cards laws simply will not work.
- A lot of countries in the region have elections and legislatures, but they seem to be Potemkin parliaments with no real power.
- Although I thought of Potemkin villages and Soviet demands for conformity, 1 believe that I heard statements of genuine belief.
- The President has established something like a Potemkin government.
- Pervading everything is an atmosphere of laziness and Potemkin villages.
- Now, there's a 21st century twist on the Potemkin village: Potemkin refugee camps!
- What I've heard some of the judges say is they feel they've participated in a Potemkin court.
- For decades, the region has pursued a development strategy that brought it economic trophies that were part of a Potemkin economy, masking underlying failure.
Origin1930s: from Grigori Aleksandrovich Potyomkin (often transliterated Potemkin), a favourite of Empress Catherine II of Russia, who reputedly gave the order for sham villages to be built for the empress's tour of the Crimea in 1787. proper nounpəˈtem(p)kən A battleship whose crew mutinied during the Russian Revolution of 1905 when in the Black Sea, bombarding Odessa before seeking asylum in Romania. The incident persuaded the tsar to agree to a measure of reform. 波将金号战舰（该舰船员于1905年俄国革命期间在黑海叛乱，炮轰敖德萨之后到罗马尼亚寻求避难。此事促使沙皇进行了一些改革）
adjectivepəˈtem(p)kən informal Having a false or deceptive appearance, especially one presented for the purpose of propaganda. 〈非正式〉（尤指为宣传而）矫饰门面的 a Potemkin news network, set up only to give the appearance of a free press Example sentencesExamples - The Shuttle has become like a Potemkin space program, built purely for the purpose of appearing to exist.
- He too is portrayed as being unable to penetrate the local officials' Potemkin displays of fealty.
- A Potemkin nation based on a house of cards laws simply will not work.
- What I've heard some of the judges say is they feel they've participated in a Potemkin court.
- Now, there's a 21st century twist on the Potemkin village: Potemkin refugee camps!
- Meanwhile the rounding up of spurious suspects, like Potemkin villages, serves to mask the Government's weakness, rather than exemplify its strengths.
- Although I thought of Potemkin villages and Soviet demands for conformity, 1 believe that I heard statements of genuine belief.
- Typically in such cases, democracy is a Potemkin affair.
- For decades, the region has pursued a development strategy that brought it economic trophies that were part of a Potemkin economy, masking underlying failure.
- The President has established something like a Potemkin government.
- A lot of countries in the region have elections and legislatures, but they seem to be Potemkin parliaments with no real power.
- Pervading everything is an atmosphere of laziness and Potemkin villages.
- The Leftist Potemkin seems to think we should have the same rules for children as for adults.
Origin1930s: from Grigori Aleksandrovich Potyomkin (often transliterated Potemkin), a favorite of Empress Catherine II of Russia, who reputedly gave the order for sham villages to be built for the empress's tour of the Crimea in 1787. |