单词
whitewash
读音
ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ
美式
英式
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 vt. 掩饰；把…刷白 [ 复数 whitewashes 第三人称单数 whitewashes 现在分词 whitewashing 过去式 whitewashed 过去分词 whitewashed ]
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。"Whitewash"最早用于描述使用一种廉价的白色涂料（白垩和水的混合物）涂刷墙壁或栅栏的过程。在犯罪或丑闻中，这个词的"掩盖、粉饰真相"的含义源于对涂成白色以隐藏污点或瑕疵的行为的象征描述。
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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