whitewash

[US]/'waɪtwɒʃ/
[UK]/'waɪtwɑʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.(粉刷用的)石灰水,白涂料粉饰;大败,惨败
vt.美化,掩饰
Word Forms
复数whitewashes
现在分词whitewashing
过去式whitewashed
过去分词whitewashed
第三人称单数whitewashes

Phrases & Collocations

whitewashing

粉饰

Example Sentences

this is not to whitewash the actual political practice of the government.

这并非要粉饰政府的实际政治做法。

They tried hard to whitewash themselves.

他们力图粉饰自己。

the moonlit visage of the port's whitewashed buildings.

月光下港口粉白建筑物的外表。

a blatant attempt to whitewash his country's misdeeds.Flagrant,

掩盖他所在国家的罪行的无耻企图。Flagrant

What he said was just to whitewash his actions.

他所说的恰恰掩饰了他行为的过失。

the oak beams that divided up the whitewashed walls.

将石灰水刷白的墙壁间隔开的橡木梁。

whitewashed chicken coops which posed as villas.

粉刷好冒充别墅的鸡笼小屋。

his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation.

他的妻子当时一定想粉饰他的臭名。

whitewashed official complicity in political extortion. See also Synonyms at relieve

掩饰政治纠纷中的官方冲突 参见同义词 relieve

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