cover-up
英 [ˈkʌvər ʌp]
美 [ˈkʌvər ʌp]
n. 掩盖; 掩饰
复数:cover-ups
Collins.1
牛津词典
noun
- 掩盖;掩饰
action that is taken to hide a mistake or illegal activity from the public- Government sources denied there had been a deliberate cover-up.
政府方面否认了有故意掩饰的行为。
- Government sources denied there had been a deliberate cover-up.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (对罪行或错误的)掩饰,掩盖
Acover-upis an attempt to hide a crime or mistake.- General Schwarzkopf denied there'd been any cover-up.
施瓦茨科普夫将军否认曾经有任何掩饰行为。
- General Schwarzkopf denied there'd been any cover-up.
in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 coverup
英英释义
noun
- concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public
双语例句
- Everything we know about those guys is a cover-up.
我们对这些家伙的全部了解都只是遮掩。 - If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government.
如果有人想要隐瞒实情,那其中就涉及政府部门最高层的人物。 - You are a cover-up artist.
你是一个隐瞒真相的高手。 - Joe's cover-up to his mother after he had been fighting was that he fell down.
乔打架后向母亲编的籍口是他跌交了。 - General Schwarzkopf denied there'd been any cover-up.
施瓦茨科普夫将军否认曾经有任何掩饰行为。 - I thought it might be connected with his work in iraq, some kind of cover-up.
我想那应该跟他在伊拉克的工作有关,某种掩饰工作。 - Why the big cover-up in the death of a prostitute?
一个***的死为什么需要一个如此大的掩饰? - There was no cover-up.
根本就没有做什么掩饰。 - UFO cover-up can be sent packing!
飞碟掩盖可以赶跑了! - The report was withdrawn soon afterwards, though IRAS have always claimed this was not a cover-up.
该报告不久就被撤回,但红外天文卫星团队一直声称这不是在掩盖什么。