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

因这是个烟雾弹，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）。

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

所以，共和党的计划实际上只是——只是个烟幕弹。这是个波将金计划。那里有真实的东西。

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真实感受的烟幕，那种真实感受就是恐惧。

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，它要么用它来制作个完全阻挡捕食者视线的大烟幕，要么用它来制作个大致模仿鱿鱼大小和形状的斑点。