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

因为这烟雾弹，偏离了 800 磅重的大猩猩（目标），或者说房间的大象（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，共和党的计实际上只——只烟幕弹。这波将金计。没有真实的东西。

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.

称他们为没有幽默感、激进、道貌岸然、令人生厌，或伪善——所有这些词只掩盖人们真实感受的烟幕，种真实感受就恐惧。

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完全阻挡捕食者视线的大烟幕，要么用它来制作大致模仿鱿鱼大小和形状的斑点。