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单词 sweep something under the carpet
释义
sweep something under the carpet
(US English also sweep something under the rug)
  1. to try to stop people from finding out about something wrong, illegal, embarrassing, etc. that has happened or that you have done掩盖某事
    • An earlier report, implicating the government, had been conveniently swept under the carpet.早些时候一份涉及政府的报告已被轻易地掩盖起来。
See also carpet | sweep
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