cloaking
present participle ofcloak
| 单词 | cloaking |
| 释义 | cloaking present participle ofcloak cloak verb[T] uk/kləʊk/us/kloʊk/tocoverorhidesomething: He has alwayskepthisloveaffairscloakedinsecrecy(=keptthemsecret). Theriveris often cloakedinmistin the earlymorning. Hiding and disguising
Examplesofcloakingcloaking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Hitchcock copied other ministers bycloakinghimself in the veil of scripture. From theCambridge English Corpus This must continue to receive critical attention, and we must strongly reiterate that rather thancloakingthe issue in silence. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Our fears have allowed the doctors to act with imperious authority,cloakingtheir lack of knowledge in our greater ignorance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 People outside realise that there is a wholesale traffic, and no amount ofcloakingit is going to be of any advantage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The profession has been extremely successful incloakingitself in an expensive mystique. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In that atmosphere repressive legislation,cloakingimpulsion into the sanctity of contracts, might well be passed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For me, this future is tinged with hope, but a sense of faltering hesitancy is somewhatcloakingthe achievements and advances that have been made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is extremely important that the minority of landlords who have beencloakingtheir activities and hiding their names should be brought into the open. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To call it a voting system iscloakingit with an authenticity that it clearly will not have. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Cloakingthe issue in the alibi of legal immunity of a head of state is bogus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Any politician should be cautious aboutcloakinghimself in righteousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the danger ofcloakingthe reality of need that exists, and that is perhaps the greatest crime of all in these proposals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is he doing about migration from the areas of high unemployment, which is a means ofcloakingthe real impact? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 People were much more concerned about hiding it,cloakingit up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why thiscloakingin obscurity? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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