英 [ˈstrɔː mæn] 美 [ˈstrɔː mæn]
稻草人：一个虚弱或虚构的对立面（如论点或对手），只是为了容易被反驳而设立的。
掩护人：一个被设立的人，用作通常可疑交易的掩护。
straw man //
名词 a figure of a man made from straw 稻草人
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
同义词： front man / front / figurehead / nominal head / strawman
a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
同义词： strawman
an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
同义词： scarecrow / strawman / bird-scarer / scarer
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偷换概念（straw man）：又称为稻草人舛误，指发明一个虚伪的情况，而后去攻打它。
在软件开发中，稻草人（straw man）是在项目进展中作为起点的粗略计划或文件。在商界，稻草人是一条辩论策略，指的是由于对手的原因，某一观点轻易就被驳倒。
稻草人谬误（straw man）：故意曲解对手的意思，然后去攻击。（例如：进化论者认为所有事物都是随机的，这种说法真是可笑…
... 假想的供应量 dummy supply 假想的对手 a man of straw ; straw man 假想的需求量 rummy demand ; dummydemand ...
The straw man is used in countless other contexts as well.
这个稻草人靶子同样也用在无数其他的文本中。
The reader is left feeling a straw man has been dissected.
结果读者只觉得被他批得体无完肤的是个稻草人。
One common method of spinning information is the so-called straw man argument.
一个编造信息的常用方法就是通常所说的与稻草人辩论。 在这个战术中，一个人先不准确地概述竞争者的立场以便于削弱它，之后再辩驳那个不对的立场。
The old man and woman would carry the babies in a straw basket as they went about their work.
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I should add that in some sense this is a phony Fibonacci straw-man Fibonacci.
我应该补充一点,那就是从某种意义上来说,这是一个不真实的,名义上的。
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Sorry Rick (et al) but your whole discussion is based on a straw man argument.
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Mr. Taylor is guilty of serving up another one of his poor straw man arguments.
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Rather than delivering a death blow to skepticism, the media has merely invented and shredded an insignificant straw man.
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