英语词汇“to draw a discreet veil over”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to draw (also throw, cast, etc.) a discreet veil over: to refrain from discussing (a topic) in order to avoid revealing embarrassing or inconvenient details about oneself or others. Cf. to draw (also cast, throw) a veil over at veil n.¹ Phrases 4a.

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1836 Athenæum 6 Feb. 105/3 Over the circumstances that led to his elevation, he throws a discreet veil.

1843 Eclectic Rev. Oct. 449 Harley is evidently regarded by Mr. Townsend in too favourable a light, and a discreet veil is consequently drawn over those parts of his conduct which admit of least defence.

1869 S. R. Gardiner Prince Charles & Spanish Marriage I. i. 32 A part over which, in later life, he probably cast a discreet veil in his conversations with the parliamentary statesmen.

1911 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 737/2 Over the harrowing scene of departure I prefer to draw a discreet veil.

1975 N.Y. Times 24 May 56/2 In the Henry-Jesse letters, a discreet veil was drawn over what is merely alluded to as ‘that grotesque episode with the Alcott woman’.

2010 T. Wilkinson Rise & Fall Anc. Egypt xiii. 250 Hatshepsut had been content to aver her divine birth while drawing a discreet veil over the practicalities.

单词	to draw a discreet veil over
释义	> as lemmas to draw (also throw, cast, etc.) a discreet veil over to draw (also throw, cast, etc.) a discreet veil over: to refrain from discussing (a topic) in order to avoid revealing embarrassing or inconvenient details about oneself or others. Cf. to draw (also cast, throw) a veil over at veil n.¹ Phrases 4a. ΚΠ 1836 Athenæum 6 Feb. 105/3 Over the circumstances that led to his elevation, he throws a discreet veil. 1843 Eclectic Rev. Oct. 449 Harley is evidently regarded by Mr. Townsend in too favourable a light, and a discreet veil is consequently drawn over those parts of his conduct which admit of least defence. 1869 S. R. Gardiner Prince Charles & Spanish Marriage I. i. 32 A part over which, in later life, he probably cast a discreet veil in his conversations with the parliamentary statesmen. 1911 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 737/2 Over the harrowing scene of departure I prefer to draw a discreet veil. 1975 N.Y. Times 24 May 56/2 In the Henry-Jesse letters, a discreet veil was drawn over what is merely alluded to as ‘that grotesque episode with the Alcott woman’. 2010 T. Wilkinson Rise & Fall Anc. Egypt xiii. 250 Hatshepsut had been content to aver her divine birth while drawing a discreet veil over the practicalities. extracted from discreetadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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