cover up

phrasal verb

cover up | cover yourself up

to put on clothes or more clothes加衣服；多穿衣服

cover something up

to cover something completely so that it cannot be seen（完全）盖住，遮住
- He covered up the body with a sheet.他用一条布单把尸体盖上了。
(disapproving) to try to stop people from knowing the truth about a mistake, a crime, etc.掩盖（错误、罪行等的）真相 related noun cover-up

cov·er-up

noun

/ˈkʌvər ʌp/

[usually singular]

action that is taken to hide a mistake or an illegal activity from the public（对过失或不法活动的）掩盖，掩饰
- Government sources denied there had been a deliberate cover-up.政府方面否认了有故意掩饰的行为。
Extra Examples
- Military leaders were involved in a massive cover-up.军事首脑们卷入了一起重大的隐瞒真相事件。
- cover-ups by the police警方隐瞒真相的行为
- evidence of a cover-up over arms sales掩盖出售武器真相的证据
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- massive
- government
- …
verb + cover-up
- be engaged in
- be implicated in
- be involved in
- …
preposition
- cover-up by
phrases
- allegations of a cover-up
- claims of a cover-up

单词	cover-up
释义	cover up phrasal verb cover up \| cover yourself up to put on clothes or more clothes加衣服；多穿衣服 cover something up to cover something completely so that it cannot be seen（完全）盖住，遮住 He covered up the body with a sheet.他用一条布单把尸体盖上了。 (disapproving) to try to stop people from knowing the truth about a mistake, a crime, etc.掩盖（错误、罪行等的）真相 related noun cover-up cov·er-up noun /ˈkʌvər ʌp/ /ˈkʌvər ʌp/ [usually singular] action that is taken to hide a mistake or an illegal activity from the public（对过失或不法活动的）掩盖，掩饰 Government sources denied there had been a deliberate cover-up.政府方面否认了有故意掩饰的行为。 Extra Examples Military leaders were involved in a massive cover-up.军事首脑们卷入了一起重大的隐瞒真相事件。 cover-ups by the police警方隐瞒真相的行为 evidence of a cover-up over arms sales掩盖出售武器真相的证据 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big massive government … verb + cover-up be engaged in be implicated in be involved in … preposition cover-up by phrases allegations of a cover-up claims of a cover-up
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