whitewash

/hwahyt-wosh, -wawsh, wahyt-/US // ˈʰwaɪtˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈwaɪt- //UK // (ˈwaɪtˌwɒʃ) //

粉饰,粉刷,刷新,擦亮

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- : anything, as deceptive words or actions, used to cover up or gloss over faults, errors, or wrongdoings, or absolve a wrongdoer from blame.
- : Sports Informal. a defeat in which the loser fails to score.

v.有主动词 verb

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- : to whiten with whitewash.
- : to cover up or gloss over the faults or errors of; absolve from blame.
- : Sports Informal. to defeat by keeping the opponent from scoring: The home team whitewashed the visitors eight to nothing.
- : to cast a white actor to play in a film, television show, or play:The studio executives whitewashed the role of Genghis Khan, choosing a famous white actor who was a popular box-office draw.to exclude or erase by substituting a member or members of the dominant cultural group in fictional representations of historical events:The film whitewashes Black trans women, attributing their contributions and actions to white gay men.See also erase.

verbcover up the truth

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González was on the brink of unconsciousness when a rescue jet ski swooped in to save him from the swirling whitewash.
In the latest Weekly Standard can be found an editorial under the headline “The Benghazi Whitewash.”
Plus, on cable you no longer have to whitewash the story and appease the masses, so the narratives are getting more interesting.
“We help whitewash monasteries, rebuild structures, and teach English and math in classrooms,” Reed says.
She must whitewash these brown men and women, rid them of their savage, slavish ways, and repaint them in her own image.
I just wasn't cut out to be a whitewash salesman, so to speak.
To quote Mrs. Kaye, 'A Liberal peer is as useful as a fifth wheel to a coach, and as ornamental as whitewash.'
Historians, as a rule, are more given to the use of whitewash than a political investigating committee.
Dean Percy removed the whitewash from some of them, and they are now all restored to their original condition as far as possible.
A good deal of whitewash has flowed past the fence, but Tom Sawyer's trick still holds good.
I do not wish to eulogize, still less to whitewash, so great a man, but only to render simple justice to his memory and deeds.