◎ 單詞釋義

n.白色涂料；粉飾；慘敗

v.用白色涂料粉刷；掩蓋；粉飾；徹底擊敗

名詞: whitewasher 過去式: whitewashed 過去分詞: whitewashed 現(xiàn)在分詞: whitewashing 第三人稱單數(shù): whitewashes

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whitewash

noun

1. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

2. wash consisting of lime and size in water
used for whitening walls and other surfaces

3. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

verb

1. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

2. cover with whitewash

e.g. whitewash walls

3. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

e.g. Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
She tried to gloss over her mistakes

Synonym: gloss oversleek overhush up

1. (粉刷用的)石灰水，白涂料
Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white.

2. 用石灰水粉刷
If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash.

e.g. The walls had been whitewashed.
墻已經(jīng)用石灰水刷過了。
e.g. ...a town of picturesque whitewashed cottages.
一座座小屋粉刷得潔白而漂亮的城鎮(zhèn)

3. 粉飾;掩飾
If you say that people whitewash something, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable.

e.g. The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions...
政府在粉飾該政權(quán)的行為。
e.g. 'The whole incident was whitewashed,' he claimed yesterday.
“整個(gè)事件都已經(jīng)被粉飾過了，”他昨日聲稱。

4. 粉飾;掩飾
Whitewash is an attempt to hide the unpleasant facts or truth about someone or something.

e.g. He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation...
他保證將不會(huì)有任何掩飾，并且警方將進(jìn)行全面調(diào)查。
e.g. The report's findings were condemned as total whitewash.
這份報(bào)告最后的結(jié)論被譴責(zé)為徹頭徹尾的粉飾。

5. 輕易戰(zhàn)勝；使（對手）得零分
In sports, if a player or team whitewashes an opponent, they win very easily, and their opponent does not get any points at all.

e.g. Not since 1988 had she whitewashed an opponent in her opening match...
自1988年以來她還從未在開場賽中讓對手吃過鴨蛋。
e.g. Their leading players were being whitewashed 4-0.
他們的主力陣容以0比4慘敗。

1. whitewash的翻譯

1. 粉飾,掩蓋真相：war crimes 戰(zhàn)爭罪行 | whitewash 粉飾,掩蓋真相 | Junichiro Koizumi 小泉純一郎(日本首相)

2. 石灰水：white portland cement 白色硅酸鹽水泥 | whitewash 石灰水 | whole brick wall 一磚墻

3. whitewash的近義詞

3. 刷白料：whiteware 白陶瓷品 | whitewash 刷白料 | whiting 白堊粉

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