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

• She denied that there had been any cover-up.
  她否认有任何隐瞒。
• 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。
• They exploit their own people to death, they are corrupt and they cover-up crimes for each other.
  他们不顾自己人们的死活，他们都很腐败并相互掩盖犯罪现实。
• The police investigation was a joke. A total cover-up.
  警方的调查简直荒唐可笑，完全是在掩盖真相。
• 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。
• He denied that he took any part in the cover-up.
  他否认自己参与了这一掩盖企图。
• That means it's a murder and a cover-up.
  那意味着凶手想隐盖些什么。
• 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。
• His conduct is a mere cover-up for his nervousness.
  他的行为只是为了掩护他的紧张。
• I'm not going to stand for a cover-up.
  我不会忍受掩盖行为的。