whitewash是什么意思_whitewash的用法_词性_词根

双语例句

Add a glass of water in this whitewash.

往这个石灰水里加一杯水。
This reporter whitewashed the truth of this accident.

这位记者掩盖了这起事故的真相。
The interior of the building needs to be whitewashed.

这栋建筑物的内部需要被粉刷一遍。
The walls had been whitewashed.

墙壁被粉刷成白色
His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.

他妻子在他死后本来想粉饰他的名声。
What he said was a load of whitewash.

他所说的是一大堆粉饰之词。
The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.

反对派声称这份报告文过饰非。
If he hadn't run out of whitewash he would have bankrupted every boy in the village.

要不是他的灰浆用光了，他会让村里的每个孩子都破产的。
You shouldn't whitewash it.

你不应该粉饰。

近义词

vt.

同根词

词根 whiten

百科

商标信息\n商品/服务\n牙膏; 假牙清洁剂; 假牙用抛光剂;\n申请/注册号：24813955\n国际分类：3

释义

[mass noun]a solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white

白石灰水，白色涂料。

[in sing.]a deliberate concealment of someone's mistakes or faults in order to clear their name

（对错误或缺点的）掩盖，粉饰。

a victory by the same side in every game of a series

使对方得零分的全胜。

[usu. as adj. whitewashed]paint (a wall, building, or room) with whitewash

将（墙壁，楼房，房间）刷白。

try to clear (someone or their name) by deliberately concealing their mistakes or faults

粉饰（某人或其名声）

deliberately conceal (someone's mistakes or faults)

掩盖，掩饰（错误，缺点）

this is not to whitewash the actual political practice of the government.

这并非要掩饰政府的实际政治做法。

defeat (an opponent) in every game of a series

使（对手）得零分，使（对手）大败。[ORIGIN: originally US, extension of <Italic>whitewash</Italic> ‘to clear of liability for debts' (relating to bankruptcy).]