whitewashing

听听怎么读
英 ['waɪtwɒʃɪŋ]
美 ['waɪtwɒʃɪŋ]
是什么意思
  • v.

    粉饰,美化,掩饰( whitewash的现在分词 );喷浆;

  • 英英释义

    whitewash[ 'hwait,wɔʃiŋ, -,wɔ:ʃ- ]

    • n.
      • a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
      • wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
      • a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
    • v.
      • cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

        "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"

        同义词:gloss oversleek overhush up

      • cover with whitewash

        "whitewash walls"

      • exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
    学习怎么用

    权威例句

    Free-riding and whitewashing in peer-to-peer systems
    Whitewashing Race:The Myth of a Color-Blind Society
    Whitewashing Britain: Race and Citizenship in the Postwar Era
    Whitewashing Britain: Race and Citizenship in the Postwar Era by Kathleen Paul
    Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race
    Latino Spin:Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race
    Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society by Michael K. Brown
    Uncovering the white place: whitewashing at work
    Whitewashing Race
    Whitewashing Race