whitewash

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美 [ˈwaɪtwɑʃ] word us audio image

  • 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

单词词源

whitewash 石灰水,掩饰

比喻用法。

双语例句

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。

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