whitewash的中文翻译是什么意思

N-UNCOUNT(粉刷用的)石灰水，白涂料

Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white.

VERB用石灰水粉刷

If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash.

• The walls had been whitewashed.

  墙已经用石灰水刷过了。

• ...a town of picturesque whitewashed cottages.

  一座座小屋粉刷得洁白而漂亮的城镇

VERB粉饰;掩饰

If you say that people whitewash something, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable.

• The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions...

  政府在粉饰该政权的行为。

• 'The whole incident was whitewashed,' he claimed yesterday.

  “整个事件都已经被粉饰过了，”他昨日声称。

N-UNCOUNT粉饰;掩饰

Whitewash is an attempt to hide the unpleasant facts or truth about someone or something.

• He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation...

  他保证将不会有任何掩饰，并且警方将进行全面调查。

• The report's findings were condemned as total whitewash.

  这份报告最后的结论被谴责为彻头彻尾的粉饰。

VERB轻易战胜；使（对手）得零分

In sports, if a player or team whitewashes an opponent, they win very easily, and their opponent does not get any points at all.

• Not since 1988 had she whitewashed an opponent in her opening match...

  自1988年以来她还从未在开场赛中让对手吃过鸭蛋。

• Their leading players were being whitewashed 4-0.

  他们的主力阵容以0比4惨败。