whitewash
英音 ['waɪtwɒʃ] 美音 [ˈhwaɪtˌwɑʃ, -ˌwɒʃ, ˈwaɪt-]
基本翻译或解释:
n. (粉刷用的)石灰水,白色涂料;粉饰;掩盖;<非正>(得零分)大败
vt. 美化,粉刷;粉饰,掩饰;彻底击败
词源相关:
第三人称单数: whitewashes过去式: whitewashed过去分词: whitewashed现在分词: whitewashing
详细解释:
whitewash 石灰水,掩饰 比喻用法。
用法与例句:
- Please do not whitewash your inherent faults with your acquired virtues .
- 先天的毛病就别用习得的美德去粉饰了。
- China and other countries have long excoriated japan for the way its textbooks whitewash the country 's history , in particular glossing over japanese war crimes .
- 中国和其他一些国家一直以来都在谴责日本粉饰教科书里的历史,尤其是掩饰日本的战争罪行。
- Tea out of an urn is always tasteless , while army tea , made in a cauldron , tastes of grease and whitewash .
- 用瓮泡出来的茶总是淡而无味,而部队里喝的茶是用锅煮出来的,尝起来有一股油脂和石灰水的味道。
- The classical olympics were always run by a board of nine from the local town ( elis ) , so there were no international spats , no corruption scandals , no hijacking of the games to whitewash dictators .
- 古典奥运会总是由来自当地城邦(elis)的九人委员会管理,因此没有国际争执,没有腐败丑闻,没有粉饰独裁者的劫持绑架。
- Researchers will need the skills exhibited by tom sawyer when he persuaded his friends it would be a joyous privilege to whitewash a fence .
- 研究员们需要tomsawyer展示出的技巧,那种可用来说服朋友们粉刷一堵围墙是个令人快乐的特权的技巧。