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 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 was no cover-up.
  根本就没有做什么掩饰。
• Why the big cover-up in the death of a prostitute?
  一个***的死为什么需要一个如此大的掩饰？
• His conduct is a mere cover-up for his nervousness.
  他的行为只是为了掩护他的紧张。
• Who participated in the cover-up?
  谁参与了掩盖实情？
• I thought it might be connected with his work in iraq, some kind of cover-up.
  我想那应该跟他在伊拉克的工作有关，某种掩饰工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• UFO cover-up can be sent packing!
  飞碟掩盖可以赶跑了！
• 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。