whitewash 英 [ˈwaɪtwɒʃ] 　 美 [ˈwaɪtwɑʃ]

whitewash

whitewash　 英 [ˈwaɪtwɒʃ] 美 [ˈwaɪtwɑʃ]

n. 粉饰；白色涂料；石灰水　 vt. 掩饰；把…刷白　

进行时:whitewashing　 过去式:whitewashed　 过去分词:whitewashed　 第三人称单数:whitewashes　 名词复数:whitewashes　

What he said was a load of whitewash.　他所说的是一大堆粉饰之词。
Don’t lie or try to whitewash facts, but don’t feel you have to go into every topic completely, especially for a young child.　不要撒谎或者试图粉饰事实。 但也不要在每个细节上都过于深入，尤其是在面对特别小的孩子的时候。

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  • n. 粉饰；白色涂料；石灰水
  • vt. 掩饰；把…刷白

  • 1. What he said was a load of whitewash.

    他所说的是一大堆粉饰之词。

  • 2. Don’t lie or try to whitewash facts, but don’t feel you have to go into every topic completely, especially for a young child.

    不要撒谎或者试图粉饰事实。 但也不要在每个细节上都过于深入，尤其是在面对特别小的孩子的时候。

  • 3. But the price of protecting their comfort would be high: If we whitewash the abuses of the past eight years, we’ll guarantee that they will happen again.

    然而，放纵他们过安稳日子也要付出很高的代价：如果我们对过去八年的滥权予以掩饰，我们敢担保，他们将来还会故技重演。

  • whitewash (v.) 1590s, "to wash a building surface with white liquid," from white (adj.) + wash (v.). Figurative sense of "to cover up, conceal, give a false appearance of cleanness to" is attested from 1762. Related: Whitewashed; whitewashing. The noun is recorded from 1690s; in the figurative sense from 1851. The earlier verb was whitelime (c. 1300).
white·wash / ˈwaɪtwɒʃ ; NAmE ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ ; ˈwaɪtwɔːʃ / noun , verb whitewash whitewashes whitewashed whitewashing noun 1 [uncountable ] a mixture of chalkor limeand water, used for painting houses and walls white （粉刷用的）石灰水，白涂料 2 [uncountable ,  singular ] ( disapproving) an attempt to hide unpleasant facts about sb/sth 粉饰；掩盖 SYN cover-up ◆ The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash. 反对派声称这份报告文过饰非。 3 [countable ,  usually singular ] ( informal) (in sport) a victory in every game in a series （在体育比赛中接连击败对手的）全胜 ◆ a 7–0 whitewash *7:0 全胜 ◆ a whitewash victory 大获全胜 verb 1 whitewashsth to cover sth such as a wall with whitewash 粉刷（墙壁等）；刷石灰水 2 whitewashsb/sth ( disapproving) to try to hide unpleasant facts about sb/sth; to try to make sth seem better than it is 掩饰；粉饰 ◆ His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died. 他妻子在他死后本来想粉饰他的名声。 3 whitewashsb/sth ( especially BrE) (in sport 体育运动 ) to defeat an opponent in every game in a series （在系列比赛中）完全击败，完胜 white·wash / ˈwaɪtwɒʃ ; NAmE ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ ; ˈwaɪtwɔːʃ /
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