in reference to Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin (1739-1791), favorite of Catherine II of Russia, especially in reference to the sham villages supposedly erected under his orders for the empressa?? tour of Crimea (1787) to create an impression of prosperity and progress. The silent film "Battleship Potemkin" dates from 1925, depicting (with elaboration) events of 1905 and the mutiny of a Russian battleship named for the Tsarist minister.
雙語例句
1. Many of Mr Obama's achievements have a Potemkin quality.
奧巴馬的許多成就不過是徒有其表而已.
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2. His father was an admiral, or something like that, on the battleship " Potemkin. "