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
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 coverup


• N-COUNT (对罪行或错误的)掩饰，掩盖
  Acover-upis an attempt to hide a crime or mistake.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public

双语例句

• Opponents smell a cover-up, even though there is no evidence of one.
  虽然没有获证，但是反对者也嗅到了包庇气味。
• So be yourself. Don't engage in a personal cover-up of areas that are unpleasing in your life.
  所以要做回自己，不要沉沦到一个令你的生活不愉快的面具中去。
• The report was withdrawn soon afterwards, though IRAS have always claimed this was not a cover-up.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。
• However, for us the most important action is to end the current UFO cover-up.
  但是，对我们来说，目前对我们最重要的行动是结束对UFO和外星生命存在的掩盖。
• 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。
• Why the big cover-up in the death of a prostitute?
  一个妓女的死为什么需要一个如此大的掩饰？
• There seems no smoking gun in this cover-up scandal involving the college president.
  这个丑闻的掩盖涉及大学校长，似乎没有证据。
• UFO cover-up can be sent packing!
  飞碟掩盖可以赶跑了！
• You believe that story about a cover-up in iraq, gibbs?
  你相信有关在伊拉克掩护的事情吗，吉布斯？
• The violence, no matter what form, is a cover-up for fear.
  暴力，无论以何种形式表现，都是恐惧的外衣。