whitewash

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

Translation

n.(粉刷用的)石灰水,白塗料粉飾;大敗,慘敗
vt.美化,掩飾
Word Forms
複數whitewashes
現在分詞whitewashing
過去式whitewashed
過去分詞whitewashed
第三人稱單數whitewashes

Phrases & Collocations

whitewashing

粉飾

Example Sentences

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

這並非要粉飾政府的實際政治做法。

They tried hard to whitewash themselves.

他們力圖粉飾自己。

the moonlit visage of the port's whitewashed buildings.

月光下港口粉白建築物的外表。

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

掩蓋他所在國家的罪行的無恥企圖。Flagrant

What he said was just to whitewash his actions.

他所說的恰恰掩飾了他行爲的過失。

the oak beams that divided up the whitewashed walls.

將石灰水刷白的牆壁間隔開的橡木樑。

whitewashed chicken coops which posed as villas.

粉刷好冒充別墅的雞籠小屋。

his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation.

他的妻子當時一定想粉飾他的臭名。

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

掩飾政治糾紛中的官方衝突 參見同義詞 relieve

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