whitewash

whitewash

英 ['waɪtwɒʃ]
　　美 ['waɪtwɑʃ]

n. 粉飾；白色塗料；石灰水
　　vt. 掩飾；把…刷白

中文詞源：

whitewash 石灰水，掩飾

比喻用法。

例句：

1. The report's findings were condemned as total whitewash.
這份報告最後的結論被譴責為徹頭徹尾的粉飾。

2. The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
反對派聲稱這份報告文過飾非。

3. They tried hard to whitewash themselves.
他們力圖粉飾自己.

4. What he said was a load of whitewash.
他所說的是一大堆粉飾之詞.

5. He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation.
他保證將不會有任何掩飾，並且警方將進行全面調查。