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.- 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。
- He fell asleep in the front room so I covered him up with a duvet.
- 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
- The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House
双语例句
- We shall have frost tonight, don't forget to cover up the cabbages with the mat.
今天夜里有霜冻，别忘了用席子把白菜苫好。 - How can you cover up your mistake?
你怎么能把自己的错误掩盖起来呢？ - 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。 - Lies cannot cover up [ conceal] the facts.
谎言掩盖不了事实。 - Lies written in ink cannot cover up facts recorded in blood.
墨写的谎言掩盖不了血写的事实。 - 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？ - It is impossible to try to persuade me to cover up for you.
劝我来包庇你是不可能的。 - They knew they had done something terribly wrong and lied to cover it up
他们知道自己犯了十分严重的错误，于是撒谎隐瞒。 - She tried to cover up her nervousness as she waited to make her speech.
在她等候发言时，她竭力掩饰紧张的心情。 - Lies, no matter how well invented, cannot cover up the facts.
瞎话编得再圆，也会有漏子。