whitewash
英['waɪtwɒʃ]
美['waɪtwɑːʃ]
- n. 白色涂料；粉饰；惨败
- v. 用白色涂料粉刷；掩盖；粉饰；彻底击败
TEM8 CET4 CET6
详细释义
Noun:
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a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
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wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
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a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
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cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error;
"Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"
"She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
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cover with whitewash;
"whitewash walls"
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exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
双语例句
- 1. The report's findings were condemned as total whitewash.
- 这份报告最后的结论被谴责为彻头彻尾的粉饰。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
- 反对派声称这份报告文过饰非。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. They tried hard to whitewash themselves.
- 他们力图粉饰自己.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. What he said was a load of whitewash.
- 他所说的是一大堆粉饰之词.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation.
- 他保证将不会有任何掩饰，并且警方将进行全面调查。
来自柯林斯例句
- That whole affair was a whitewash.
那整个事件都是文过饰非。 - The opposition dismissed the report as a whitewash.
反对党认为这份报告过于修饰而不予理会。 - You should whitewash the door of your hall.
你应当粉刷你大厅的门。 - His wife wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.
他妻子在他死后想粉饰他的名声。 - Their leading players were whitewashed 4-0.
他们的主力队员被4比0彻底击败。
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