whitewashing
英 ['waɪtwɒʃɪŋ] 美 ['waɪtwɒʃɪŋ]

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

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