whitewash
- 英式英标[\'waɪtwɑʃ]
- 美式音标[\'waɪtwɒʃ]
n. 粉饰；白色涂料；石灰水
vt. 掩饰；把…刷白
中文词源
whitewash 石灰水，掩饰
比喻用法。
英文词源
- whitewash (v.)
- 1590s, "to wash a building surface with white liquid," from white (adj.) + wash (v.). Figurative sense of "to cover up, conceal, give a false appearance of cleanness to" is attested from 1762. Related: Whitewashed; whitewashing. The noun is recorded from 1690s; in the figurative sense from 1851. The earlier verb was whitelime (c. 1300).
实用例句
- 1. The report's findings were condemned as total whitewash.
- 这份报告最后的结论被谴责为彻头彻尾的粉饰。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
- 反对派声称这份报告文过饰非。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. They tried hard to whitewash themselves.
- 他们力图粉饰自己.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. What he said was a load of whitewash.
- 他所说的是一大堆粉饰之词.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation.
- 他保证将不会有任何掩饰，并且警方将进行全面调查。
来自柯林斯例句