whitewash

• n. 粉饰；白色涂料；石灰水
• vt. 掩饰；把…刷白

比喻用法。

whitewash (v.)

1590s, "to wash a building surface with white liquid," from white (adj.) + wash (v.). Figurative sense of "to cover up, conceal, give a false appearance of cleanness to" is attested from 1762. Related: Whitewashed; whitewashing. The noun is recorded from 1690s; in the figurative sense from 1851. The earlier verb was whitelime (c. 1300).

1. The report's findings were condemned as total whitewash.

这份报告最后的结论被谴责为彻头彻尾的粉饰。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.

反对派声称这份报告文过饰非。

来自《权威词典》

3. They tried hard to whitewash themselves.

他们力图粉饰自己.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. What he said was a load of whitewash.

他所说的是一大堆粉饰之词.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation.

他保证将不会有任何掩饰，并且警方将进行全面调查。

来自柯林斯例句