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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She said nothing was stolen, but that's just a cover-up.
  她说什麽东西也没被偷，那不过是掩饰罢了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Massive Cover-up by Election Commission ( SPR) and National Registration Department ( JPN) was detected!
  选举委员会（SPR）和国民登记局（JPN）大规模掩盖行动被揭发！
• The President was implicated in the cover-up and forced to resign
  总统因与这起真相隐瞒事件有牵连而被迫辞职。
• The report was withdrawn soon afterwards, though IRAS have always claimed this was not a cover-up.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。
• 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。