whitewash

音标: 英 ['waɪtwɒʃ] 美 [ˈhwaɪtˌwɑʃ, -ˌwɒʃ, ˈwaɪt-]
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whitewash是什么意思

whitewash

n. 白色涂料, 粉饰, 得零分的惨败

n. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
n. wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
n. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
v. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

whitewash的用法和例句:

1. It doesn't sound like there's any misconduct to whitewash.

听起来没什么不当行为要洗白的

2. I'm not looking for a whitewash; all I want's a fair shake.

我不想有任何的舞弊 我只是想要得到公平的待遇

3. But I see it as a reminder, and our past must not be...whitewashed.

可我把它看作是一个提醒 不该将历史洗白

4. I don't subscribe to rainbowwrapped, whitewashed happy endings.

我不相信*的彩虹式幸福结局

5. Developers making deals to whitewash our neighborhood.

开发商们达成交易来掩盖我们社区的真实情况

6. Don't tell me you don't know that they've been whitewashing this sort of thing for decades.

别告诉我你不知道 这几十年来他们一直在掩盖这种事

7. I just find it so ironic that they're sending us out to whitewash the city.

我只觉得他们要把我们送去西华盛顿 给市政厅洗白太讽刺

8. The town stretches away from the harbor, a maze of narrow, cobbled streets flanked by whitewashed homes.

小镇向海港延伸出去 铺着鹅卵石的狭窄街道 如迷宫一般 蜿蜒在白色房屋之间

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