单词
whitewash
读音
ˈwaɪtwɒʃ
美式 ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ
英式 ˈwaɪtwɒʃ
词根
"Whitewash" 这个单词的构成并没有特别的词根,它是由"white"(白色的)和"wash"(洗)两个单词组合而来。
释义
["n. 粉饰;白色涂料;石灰水\n vt. 掩饰;把…刷白\n \n [\n 复数\n whitewashes\n 第三人称单数\n whitewashes\n 现在分词\n whitewashing\n 过去式\n whitewashed\n 过去分词\n whitewashed\n ]"]
例句
His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.
他妻子在他死后本来想粉饰他的名声。
The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
反对派声称这份报告文过饰非。
If he hadn't run out of whitewash he would have bankrupted every boy in the village.
要不是他的灰浆用光了,他会让村里的每个孩子都破产的。
His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.
他妻子在他死后本来想粉饰他的名声。
The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
反对派声称这份报告文过饰非。
If he hadn't run out of whitewash he would have bankrupted every boy in the village.
要不是他的灰浆用光了,他会让村里的每个孩子都破产的。
强化记忆
想象一个墙被刷成了白色以掩盖它本来的颜色,这样你就可以容易记住“whitewash”刷白和掩盖真相的双重含义。
看视频学发音
I didn't own slaves.I'm not trying to whitewash history.I'm a good guy. I'm a good person."
in every moving image, in every cut of meat,because if we whitewash our stories for the sake of mass appeal,not only will we fail,
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大学,其他
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