| 单词 | cover up |
| 释义 | cover upcover up phrasal verbphr v a) cover something ↔ upCOVER to put something over something else so that it cannot be seen 遮盖某物，覆盖某物 Her legs were so swollen she had to cover them up. 她的双腿肿得很厉害，她只好把它们遮住。 b) cover something ↔ upHIDE/NOT SHOW to prevent people from discovering mistakes or unpleasant facts 掩饰某事，隐瞒某事〔指错误或不愉快的事〕 → whitewash The affair was covered up and never reached the papers. 这一事件被隐瞒了起来，始终没有见报。 Mum’s worried, but she covers it up by joking. → cover-up 妈妈非常担心，但她说笑话来掩饰不安。 c) cover up for somebodySECRET to protect someone by hiding unpleasant facts about them 为某人掩盖错误；包庇某人 They covered up for Kirk by refusing to answer any questions. 他们拒绝回答任何问题，为柯克掩饰。 d) HIDE/NOT SHOWto put clothes, blankets etc over yourself in order to protect or hide your body, or to keep yourself warm 穿上衣服；盖上毯子 Cover up, or stay out of the sun. 遮盖一下，或者不要站在太阳底下。 cover yourself up Hastily, she covered herself up with the towel. 她急忙用毛巾盖住自己。 Examples from the Corpus cover up• Kate has made some big mistakes, and she won't be able to cover them up for long.• Lewis asked his wife to lie in an attempt to cover up the murder. cover up for somebody• Heaven only knows what else you've done that Paige has covered up for.• By lying and covering up for her husband, the wife provides negative reinforcement for his violence.• The persistent tendency to cover up for our lack of effectiveness by using vague language must be strongly resisted.• High ranking military men were covering up for the murderers.• And start covering up for them. cover yourself up• Hastily, she covered herself up.• My landlady had stopped screaming by now because she'd managed to cover herself up.• I've been covering myself up and praying James wouldn't notice.• I begged them to cover themselves up, but they wouldn't. → cover up at cover1(6) |
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