whitewash
英 ['waɪtwɒʃ]
美['waɪtwɑʃ]
- n. 粉饰；白色涂料；石灰水
- vt. 掩饰；把…刷白
词态变化
第三人称单数: whitewashes;过去式: whitewashed;过去分词: whitewashed;现在分词: whitewashing;
中文词源
whitewash 石灰水，掩饰
比喻用法。
英英释意
- 1. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
- 2. wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
- 3. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
英文词源
- whitewash (v.)
- 1590s, "to wash a building surface with white liquid," from white (adj.) + wash (v.). Figurative sense of "to cover up, conceal, give a false appearance of cleanness to" is attested from 1762. Related: Whitewashed; whitewashing. The noun is recorded from 1690s; in the figurative sense from 1851. The earlier verb was whitelime (c. 1300).
实用场景例句
- The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
- 反对派声称这份报告文过饰非。
牛津词典
- a 7–0 whitewash
- 7:0全胜
牛津词典
- a whitewash victory
- 大获全胜
牛津词典
- His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.
- 他妻子在他死后本来想粉饰他的名声。
牛津词典
- The walls had been whitewashed.
- 墙已经用石灰水刷过了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a town of picturesque whitewashed cottages.
- 一座座小屋粉刷得洁白而漂亮的城镇
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions...
- 政府在粉饰该政权的行为。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 'The whole incident was whitewashed,' he claimed yesterday.
- “整个事件都已经被粉饰过了，”他昨日声称。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Not since 1988 had she whitewashed an opponent in her opening match...
- 自1988年以来她还从未在开场赛中让对手吃过鸭蛋。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Their leading players were being whitewashed 4-0.
- 他们的主力阵容以0比4惨败。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stallin.
- 我们不能掩饰他的罪行.
期刊摘选
- Sighing, he began to whitewash the fence.
- 叹气, 他开始用石灰水给栅栏刷白.
期刊摘选
- Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin.
- 让我们不要粉饰斯大林的罪恶了.
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- You should whitewash the door of your hall.
- 你应当粉刷你大厅的门.
辞典例句
- They tried hard to whitewash themselves.
- 他们力图粉饰自己.
《简明英汉词典》
- That's a whitewash for your blunder.
- 那只是对你错误的粉饰.
期刊摘选
- 'say, Tom, let me whitewash a little. "
- “ 喂, 汤姆, 让我来刷点儿看看. ”
英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- That whole affair was a whitewash.
- 那整个事件都是文过饰非.
辞典例句
- The blatancy of his attempt to whitewash the crime was unforgivable.
- 他试图掩盖和粉饰其犯罪行为的嚣张气焰是不可原谅的.
期刊摘选
- In fact, I've decided to use the General to Iaunch Operation Whitewash.
- 事实上, 我决定利用将军来发动一场白人风潮.
电影对白
- The whitewash comes off.
- 白粉脱落了.
期刊摘选
- Our public relations people are attempting to whitewash the scandal involving our CEO.
- 我们的公关人员正在努力掩饰涉及公司董事长(注:CEO系ChiefExecutiveOfficer的缩写)的丑闻.
期刊摘选
- What would you say if I ask you to whitewash the wall for me?
- 请你帮我粉刷一下墙 怎么样 ?
期刊摘选
- To whitewash his embarrassment , he said hello to them.
- 女孩们邀请旅行者去她们的村庄.
期刊摘选
- The president wanted to whitewash all that he did during the war.
- 总统想粉饰他在这场战争期间所做的一切.
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