whitewash

第三人称单数：whitewashes现在分词：whitewashing过去分词：whitewashed过去式：whitewashed

whitewash基本解释

whitewash

名词粉饰; 掩盖; （粉刷用的）石灰水，白色涂料; （得零分）大败

及物动词美化，粉刷; 粉饰，掩饰; 彻底击败

whitewash相关例句

及物动词

1. What he said was just to whitewash his actions.
他所说的恰恰掩饰了他行为的过失。

2. They tried hard to whitewash themselves.
他们力图粉饰自己。

名词

1. The official report on the Kennedy assassination was whitewash.
甘乃迪谋杀案的官方报导是掩饰之辞。

2. whitewash

2. What he said was a load of whitewash.
他所说的是一大堆掩盖真相的话。

3. whitewash的解释

3. That whole affair was a whitewash.
那整个事件都是文过饰非。

whitewash网络解释

1. whitewash的翻译

1. 粉饰,掩盖真相：war crimes 战争罪行 | whitewash 粉饰,掩盖真相 | Junichiro Koizumi 小泉纯一郎(日本首相)

2. 石灰水：white portland cement 白色硅酸盐水泥 | whitewash 石灰水 | whole brick wall 一砖墙

3. whitewash的近义词

3. 刷白料：whiteware 白陶瓷品 | whitewash 刷白料 | whiting 白垩粉

whitewash词典解释

1. (粉刷用的)石灰水，白涂料
Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white.

2. 用石灰水粉刷
If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash.

e.g. The walls had been whitewashed.
墙已经用石灰水刷过了。
e.g. ...a town of picturesque whitewashed cottages.
一座座小屋粉刷得洁白而漂亮的城镇

3. 粉饰;掩饰
If you say that people whitewash something, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable.

e.g. The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions...
政府在粉饰该政权的行为。
e.g. 'The whole incident was whitewashed,' he claimed yesterday.
“整个事件都已经被粉饰过了，”他昨日声称。

4. 粉饰;掩饰
Whitewash is an attempt to hide the unpleasant facts or truth about someone or something.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

5. 轻易战胜；使（对手）得零分
In sports, if a player or team whitewashes an opponent, they win very easily, and their opponent does not get any points at all.

e.g. Not since 1988 had she whitewashed an opponent in her opening match...
自1988年以来她还从未在开场赛中让对手吃过鸭蛋。
e.g. Their leading players were being whitewashed 4-0.
他们的主力阵容以0比4惨败。

whitewash英英释义

whitewash

noun

1. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

2. wash consisting of lime and size in water
used for whitening walls and other surfaces

3. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

verb

1. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

2. cover with whitewash

e.g. whitewash walls

3. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

e.g. Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
She tried to gloss over her mistakes

Synonym: gloss oversleek overhush up