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n. 粉饰；白色涂料；石灰水
vt. 掩饰；把…刷白
n.
（粉刷用的）石灰水，白色涂料；粉饰；掩盖；（得零分）大败
vt.
美化，粉刷；粉饰，掩饰；彻底击败；
变形
过去式：whitewashed过去分词：whitewashed现在分词：whitewashing第三人称单数：whitewashes
英英释义
whitewash[ 'hwaitwɔʃ, -wɔ:ʃ ]
n.
a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
v.
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
"Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"
同义词：gloss oversleek overhush up
cover with whitewash
"whitewash walls"
exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
That whole affair was a whitewash.
那整个事件都是文过饰非。
The opposition dismissed the report as a whitewash.
反对党认为这份报告过于修饰而不予理会。
用作动词(v.)
You should whitewash the door of your hall.
你应当粉刷你大厅的门。
His wife wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.
他妻子在他死后想粉饰他的名声。
Their leading players were whitewashed 4-0.
他们的主力队员被4比0彻底击败。
权威例句
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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).
1. Cover up and whitewash mistakes
文过饰非
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语
2. That whole affair was a whitewash.
那整个事件都是文过饰非。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. to whitewash a wall
粉刷墙壁
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
4. whitewash document.nbsp
清洗交易文件
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
5. Whitewash war crimes
粉饰战争罪行
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例
6. The whitewash comes off.
白粉脱落了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. To whiten;whitewash.
使变白；刷白
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
8. whitewash brush
粉刷用刷
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
9. sloshing whitewash on the wall
把粉刷涂料泼在墙上.
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
10. whitewash the ceiling
把天花板刷白
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
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