Whitewash
[ 'wa?twɑ? ]
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n. （粉刷用的）石灰水，白色涂料;粉飾;掩蓋;<非正>（得零分）大敗;
vt. 美化，粉刷;粉飾，掩飾;徹底擊敗;
?? 詞根助記
white白色+wash洗刷 → 用白色液體刷建筑 →白色涂料，石灰水
?? 例句
What he said was a load of whitewash.
他所說(shuō)的是一大堆掩蓋真相的話。
You should whitewash the door of your hall.
你應(yīng)當(dāng)粉刷你大廳的門(mén)。
The government's explanation of the affair was just pure whitewash.
政府對(duì)這次事件的解釋純屬掩飾錯(cuò)誤。
They tried hard to whitewash themselves.
他們力圖粉飾自己。
The official report on the Kennedy assassination was whitewash.
肯尼迪謀殺案的官方報(bào)導(dǎo)是掩飾之辭。
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whitewash
n
1 [U] powdered lime or chalk mixed with water, used for painting （粉刷用的）石灰水.
2 [C, U] (fig 比喻) (process of) hiding sb's errors, faults, etc 粉飾; 掩飾
The opposition dismissed the report as a whitewash. 反對(duì)黨認(rèn)為這份報(bào)告文過(guò)飾非不予理會(huì). v [Tn]
1 put whitewash on (a wall, etc) 粉刷（墻壁等）
whitewash the outside of the cottage 粉刷農(nóng)舍的外墻.
2 try to make (sb, sb's reputation, etc) appear blameless by hiding errors, faults, etc 為（某人、 某人的名譽(yù)等）涂脂抹粉.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['hwaitw??]n. 白色涂料, 粉飾, 得零分的慘敗
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I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like
恐怕我不能同意你的意見(jiàn)。那是個(gè)通報(bào)信息的好辦法，但并非是使人信服的好辦法。一是它很乏味，人們是不會(huì)去讀一則看起來(lái)很乏味的廣告的。其次，計(jì)算機(jī)彼此都很相像。人們不會(huì)記住產(chǎn)品的名字的。
The other people in the workforce may not trust you in future.
在一起干活的其他人可能今后不會(huì)相信你了。
Finally, as a result of the unrest among the Indian population, the leader of South Africa had to give in.
但由于印度居民中的這一場(chǎng)騷亂，最終，南非首腦不得不屈服。