cover-up

英 [ˈkʌvər ʌp]

美 [ˈkʌvər ʌp]

n.  掩盖; 掩饰

复数：cover-ups　

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 掩盖；掩饰
  action that is taken to hide a mistake or illegal activity from the public
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 coverup


• N-COUNT (对罪行或错误的)掩饰，掩盖
  Acover-upis an attempt to hide a crime or mistake.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public

双语例句

• The President was implicated in the cover-up and forced to resign
  总统因与这起真相隐瞒事件有牵连而被迫辞职。
• Everything we know about those guys is a cover-up.
  我们对这些家伙的全部了解都只是遮掩。
• Massive Cover-up by Election Commission ( SPR) and National Registration Department ( JPN) was detected!
  选举委员会（SPR）和国民登记局（JPN）大规模掩盖行动被揭发！
• Joe's cover-up to his mother after he had been fighting was that he fell down.
  乔打架后向母亲编的籍口是他跌交了。
• 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。
• The bank denied any involvement in a cover-up of losses at Olympus.
  该金融机构否认与掩盖奥林巴斯（Olympus）亏损一事有任何关联。
• There seems no smoking gun in this cover-up scandal involving the college president.
  这个丑闻的掩盖涉及大学校长，似乎没有证据。
• The report was withdrawn soon afterwards, though IRAS have always claimed this was not a cover-up.
  该报告不久就被撤回，但红外天文卫星团队一直声称这不是在掩盖什么。
• UFO cover-up can be sent packing!
  飞碟掩盖可以赶跑了！
• She said nothing was stolen, but that's just a cover-up.
  她说什麽东西也没被偷，那不过是掩饰罢了。