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单词 cover up
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1 PHRASAL VERB (…)盖在(以保护或隐藏) If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them. (…)盖在(以保护或隐藏) [Also VERB PREPOSITION n]
  • He fell asleep in the front room so I covered him up with a duvet. [VERB noun PREP.]

    他在起居室睡着了,我便给他盖上了羽绒被。

2 PHRASAL VERB 隐藏,遮掩(事实) If you cover up something that you do not want people to know about, you hide the truth about it. 隐藏,遮掩(事实)
  • He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime. [VERB PREP. noun]

    他怀疑有人密谋掩盖犯罪事实。

  • They knew they had done something terribly wrong and lied to cover it up. [VERB noun PREP.]

    他们知道自己犯了十分严重的错误,于是撒谎隐瞒。

  • How do we know you're not just covering up for your friend? [VERB PREP. + for]

    我们怎么知道你不只是在为自己的朋友遮掩呢?

SYN conceal, hide, suppress, repress
3See also:cover-up 
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Word forms: plural cover-ups
in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 coverup
N-COUNT (对罪行或错误的)掩饰,掩盖 A cover-up is an attempt to hide a crime or mistake. (对罪行或错误的)掩饰,掩盖
  • 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。

SYN concealment, conspiracy, whitewash [informal] , complicity
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