whitewash
英['wa?tw??]
美['wa?twɑ?]
- n. 粉飾；白色涂料；石灰水
- vt. 掩飾；把…刷白
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?whitewashes;過去式:?whitewashed;過去分詞:?whitewashed;現在分詞:?whitewashing;
中文詞源
whitewash 石灰水，掩飾
比喻用法。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. The report's findings were condemned as total whitewash.
- 這份報告最后的結論被譴責為徹頭徹尾的粉飾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
- 反對派聲稱這份報告文過飾非。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. They tried hard to whitewash themselves.
- 他們力圖粉飾自己.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. What he said was a load of whitewash.
- 他所說的是一大堆粉飾之詞.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation.
- 他保證將不會有任何掩飾，并且警方將進行全面調查。
來自柯林斯例句