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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His conduct is a mere cover-up for his nervousness.
  他的行为只是为了掩护他的紧张。
• UFO cover-up can be sent packing!
  飞碟掩盖可以赶跑了！
• 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。
• She denied that there had been any cover-up.
  她否认有任何隐瞒。
• 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。
• The report was withdrawn soon afterwards, though IRAS have always claimed this was not a cover-up.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。