cover up

英 [ˈkʌvər ʌp]

美 [ˈkʌvər ʌp]

（用…）盖在…上（以保护或隐藏）; 隐藏，遮掩（事实）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (用…)盖在…上(以保护或隐藏)
  If youcoversomething or someoneup, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
  1. He fell asleep in the front room so I covered him up with a duvet.
     他在起居室睡着了，我便给他盖上了羽绒被。
• See also:He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime...They knew they had done something terribly wrong and lied to cover it up...How do we know you're not just covering up for your friend?cover-up

英英释义

verb

• hide from view or knowledge
  1. The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House
  Synonym:cover

双语例句

• I tried to cover up what I have to better themselves, but I do not fool myself.
  我试图掩盖我这种上进，但是我骗不了我自己。
• He never tries to cover up or make excuses for his mistakes.
  他做错了事从不藏掖躲闪。
• It is impossible to try to persuade me to cover up for you.
  劝我来包庇你是不可能的。
• How do we know you're not just covering up for your friend?
  我们怎么知道你不只是在为自己的朋友遮掩呢？
• You shouldn't try to cover up your mistakes.
  有了错误不能捂捂盖盖。
• Quick! cover up the wheat. it's going to rain.
  要下雨了，快把麦子苫上。
• It's a shame that you cover up your beauty so.
  但是多么可惜你掩盖了你所有的魅力。
• The wings of a crow can never cover up the sun.
  乌鸦的翅膀遮不住太阳。
• Sophistry can never cover up the truth.
  狡辩无法掩盖事实真相。
• Cosmetics do not cover up the deficiencies of nature.
  化妆品并不能掩盖先天缺陷。