| 单词 | cover something up |
| 释义 | cover-up noun[C] uk/ˈkʌv.ər.ʌp/us/ˈkʌv.ɚ.ʌp/anattempttopreventthepublicfromdiscoveringinformationabout aseriouscrimeormistake: Allegations of a cover-upoftheeffectsofpollutionhave beenstronglydenied. Secrecy and privacy
cover up (something)| American DictionaryExamplesofcover something upcover something up To conservatives this denouement had all the marks of acover-up. From theCambridge English Corpus If the chair had been a man, you would have acover-up, complete with back-room deals being cut to soft-pedal on some of the boys. From theCambridge English Corpus Such language is a linguisticcover-updesigned to hide an unpleasant reality. From theCambridge English Corpus A perceived "cover-up" could lead a patient or family member to conclude that the professional is disloyal and untrustworthy. From theCambridge English Corpus The higher the perceptions of political corruption, discrimination, andcover-upare, the greater the perceptions of the democratic crisis are. From theCambridge English Corpus That feeds the idea that there has been acover-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the only way of getting the idea of acover-upoff the agenda. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We want to avoid any suggestion of acover-up, which would be fundamentally unhealthy for the whole nature of our criminal justice system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact that they may have got away withcover-upand deceit for nine years is no reason for continuing to evade action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It decided that it would forgo £2 million a year because it was not prepared to continue with thecover-upof the bank's activities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does that state silence amount to acover-up—acover-upso powerful that even parts of the media are silenced? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That confidence depends on people's knowing what is happening and not discovering later and then suspecting that there has been a deliberatecover-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we confirm it, it becomes unpleasant; if we equivocate, it is the equivalent of acover-up, with all the row that ensues thereafter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a massivecover-upof a massive waste of taxpayers' money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a bigcover-up, a closed shop. 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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