whitewashes

英 [ˈwaɪtwɒʃɪz]

美 [ˈwaɪtwɑːʃɪz]

v.  粉刷(墙壁等); 刷石灰水; 掩饰; 粉饰; (在系列比赛中)完全击败，完胜
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柯林斯词典

• (粉刷用的)石灰水，白涂料
  Whitewashis 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 buildinghas been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash.
  1. The walls had been whitewashed.
     墙已经用石灰水刷过了。
  2. ...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 peoplewhitewashsomething, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable.
  1. The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions...
     政府在粉饰该政权的行为。
  2. '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
  Whitewashis an attempt to hide the unpleasant facts or truth about someone or something.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 teamwhitewashesan opponent, they win very easily, and their opponent does not get any points at all.
  1. 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。
  2. Their leading players were being whitewashed 4-0.
     他们的主力阵容以0比4惨败。

双语例句

• And further because not passes through for the as-cast finished concrete surface whitewashes the decoration but directly exposes in the air, set the very high request to the concrete outward appearance quality and the durable performance.
  又因为清水混凝土表面未经粉刷装饰而直接裸露于空气中，对混凝土的外观质量及耐久性能提出了很高的要求。
• Through the analysis the writer whitewashes the prejudices of the online-game, which is not a simple integration of "Internet+ game", but a complex of internet virtual technology 、 new media text and new audience.
  通过论述，撇清了人们对网络游戏的固有成见，其并非网络+游戏的简单合成，而是互联网虚拟技术、新媒介文本以及新传播时代受众的交集复合。