cover-up

noun

1. 掩盖；掩饰
   action that is taken to hide a mistake or illegal activity from the public
   1. Government sources denied there had been a deliberate cover-up.
      政府方面否认了有故意掩饰的行为。

in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 coverup


1. N-COUNT (对罪行或错误的)掩饰，掩盖
   A cover-up is an attempt to hide a crime or mistake.
   1. General Schwarzkopf denied there'd been any cover-up.
      施瓦茨科普夫将军否认曾经有任何掩饰行为。

1. General Schwarzkopf denied there'd been any cover-up.
   施瓦茨科普夫将军否认曾经有任何掩饰行为。
2. The President was implicated in the cover-up and forced to resign
   总统因与这起真相隐瞒事件有牵连而被迫辞职。
3. If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government.
   如果有人想要隐瞒实情，那其中就涉及政府部门最高层的人物。
4. The police investigation was a joke. A total cover-up.
   警方的调查简直荒唐可笑，完全是在掩盖真相。
5. There was no cover-up.
   根本就没有做什么掩饰。
6. There seems no smoking gun in this cover-up scandal involving the college president.
   这个丑闻的掩盖涉及大学校长，似乎没有证据。
7. Everything we know about those guys is a cover-up.
   我们对这些家伙的全部了解都只是遮掩。
8. I thought it might be connected with his work in iraq, some kind of cover-up.
   我想那应该跟他在伊拉克的工作有关，某种掩饰工作。
9. I'm not going to stand for a cover-up.
   我不会忍受掩盖行为的。
10. You are a cover-up artist.
    你是一个隐瞒真相的高手。
11. Joe's cover-up to his mother after he had been fighting was that he fell down.
    乔打架后向母亲编的籍口是他跌交了。
12. The bank denied any involvement in a cover-up of losses at Olympus.
    该金融机构否认与掩盖奥林巴斯（Olympus）亏损一事有任何关联。
13. Why the big cover-up in the death of a prostitute?
    一个***的死为什么需要一个如此大的掩饰？
14. The report was withdrawn soon afterwards, though IRAS have always claimed this was not a cover-up.
    该报告不久就被撤回，但红外天文卫星团队一直声称这不是在掩盖什么。
15. Opponents smell a cover-up, even though there is no evidence of one.
    虽然没有获证，但是反对者也嗅到了包庇气味。
16. He denied that he took any part in the cover-up.
    他否认自己参与了这一掩盖企图。
17. Most have at least heard the rumors about a rogue planet in the inner solar system and many have been frankly informed about the cover-up and the need for their cooperation.
    他们中的大多数至少听说了关于内太阳系存在的流氓行星的流言，并且很多人被坦白地告知掩盖活动需要他们的合作。
18. Who participated in the cover-up?
    谁参与了掩盖实情？
19. His conduct is a mere cover-up for his nervousness.
    他的行为只是为了掩护他的紧张。
20. She said nothing was stolen, but that's just a cover-up.
    她说什麽东西也没被偷，那不过是掩饰罢了。
21. Investigators conducted a year-long probe into the soldiers with Tillman and any possible cover-up.
    调查人员用了整整一年的时间，调查了曾与提尔曼接触过的士兵以及任何可能遮掩的事实。
22. The violence, no matter what form, is a cover-up for fear.
    暴力，无论以何种形式表现，都是恐惧的外衣。
23. She denied that there had been any cover-up.
    她否认有任何隐瞒。
24. They exploit their own people to death, they are corrupt and they cover-up crimes for each other.
    他们不顾自己人们的死活，他们都很腐败并相互掩盖犯罪现实。
25. Massive Cover-up by Election Commission ( SPR) and National Registration Department ( JPN) was detected!
    选举委员会（SPR）和国民登记局（JPN）大规模掩盖行动被揭发！
26. You believe that story about a cover-up in iraq, gibbs?
    你相信有关在伊拉克掩护的事情吗，吉布斯？
27. That means it's a murder and a cover-up.
    那意味着凶手想隐盖些什么。
28. UFO cover-up can be sent packing!
    飞碟掩盖可以赶跑了！
29. So be yourself. Don't engage in a personal cover-up of areas that are unpleasing in your life.
    所以要做回自己，不要沉沦到一个令你的生活不愉快的面具中去。
30. However, for us the most important action is to end the current UFO cover-up.
    但是，对我们来说，目前对我们最重要的行动是结束对UFO和外星生命存在的掩盖。

noun

1. concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public