to whitewash
常見例句
- To whitewash is to gloss over defects or make something seem presentable that isn't.
涂白(whitewash)是要掩飾缺陷或讓某個不像樣的東西看起來更好看些。 - The traveler's brain was in a whirl. To whitewash his embarrassment, he said hello to them.
他的腦子一陣旋轉,為了掩飾他的窘迫,他想她們問好。 - Researchers will need the skills exhibited by Tom Sawyer when he persuaded his friends it would be a joyous privilege to whitewash a fence.
研究員們需要Tom Sawyer展示出的技巧,那種可用來說服朋友們粉刷一堵圍墻是個令人快樂的特權的技巧。 - Chilcot sought to counter criticism that his committee might be biased and its report would be a whitewash.
- "We will not be party to any whitewash when it comes to the elections."
- In rebutting the arguments of Mr Judt and others, their aim is not to whitewash Israel.
ECONOMIST: Israel - But rarely does a national news organization give them an unverified megaphone to whitewash it.
FORBES: Jilted Ex Blasts NY Times Over 'Vows' Story: 'Revisionist History' - And the latter approach is no less bigoted than the hatred it serves to whitewash.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: About those Jews 返回 to whitewash