cover-up

英 [ˈkʌvər ʌp]

美 [ˈkʌvər ʌp]

n.  掩盖; 掩饰

复数：cover-ups　

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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

• I'm not going to stand for a cover-up.
  我不会忍受掩盖行为的。
• 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。
• You believe that story about a cover-up in iraq, gibbs?
  你相信有关在伊拉克掩护的事情吗，吉布斯？
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• There was no cover-up.
  根本就没有做什么掩饰。
• She denied that there had been any cover-up.
  她否认有任何隐瞒。
• His conduct is a mere cover-up for his nervousness.
  他的行为只是为了掩护他的紧张。
• 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。