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

• If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government.
  如果有人想要隐瞒实情，那其中就涉及政府部门最高层的人物。
• 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。
• Investigators conducted a year-long probe into the soldiers with Tillman and any possible cover-up.
  调查人员用了整整一年的时间，调查了曾与提尔曼接触过的士兵以及任何可能遮掩的事实。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There seems no smoking gun in this cover-up scandal involving the college president.
  这个丑闻的掩盖涉及大学校长，似乎没有证据。
• The report was withdrawn soon afterwards, though IRAS have always claimed this was not a cover-up.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。
• 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！