to whitewash

基本解釋

• 粉刷

英漢例句

雙語(yǔ)例句

• To whitewash is to gloss over defects or make something seem presentable that isn't.
  塗白（whitewash）是要掩飾缺陷或讓某個(gè)不像樣的東西看起來(lái)更好看些。
• The traveler's brain was in a whirl. To whitewash his embarrassment, he said hello to them.
  他的腦子一陣鏇轉(zhuǎn)，爲(wèi)了掩飾他的窘迫，他想她們問好。
• Researchers will need the skills exhibited by Tom Sawyer when he persuaded his friends it would be a joyous privilege to whitewash a fence.
  研究員們需要Tom Sawyer展示出的技巧，那種可用來(lái)說(shuō)服朋友們粉刷一堵圍牆是個(gè)令人快樂的特權(quán)的技巧。

原聲例句

• Chilcot sought to counter criticism that his committee might be biased and its report would be a whitewash.
• "We will not be party to any whitewash when it comes to the elections."

權(quán)威例句

• In rebutting the arguments of Mr Judt and others, their aim is not to whitewash Israel.
  ECONOMIST: Israel
• But rarely does a national news organization give them an unverified megaphone to whitewash it.
  FORBES: Jilted Ex Blasts NY Times Over 'Vows' Story: 'Revisionist History'

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詞組短語(yǔ)

短語(yǔ)

• to whitewash a wall 粉刷牆壁
• take the opportunity to whitewash 乘機(jī)繙案

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