单词	cover-up
释义	cover-upˈcover-up noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES People would suspect a cover-up if public hearings aren't held. Some people suspect that government officials were involved in a cover-up of the incident. The Watergate cover-up eventually led to Nixon's resignation. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Guilt is not a true emotion; it is a cover-up for other feelings which we feel we shouldn't have. Soon there was a cover-up of the cover-up, because senior officers by then knew too much. The cover-up lasts to this day, but its genesis is now unravelling. The techniques of cover-up are old and familiar. There is nothing less than a cultural cover-up about depression in men. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen people try to hide the truth► cover-up a deliberate plan to prevent mistakes or embarrassing information, especially about politicians or other people in official positions, from being publicly known: · The Watergate cover-up eventually led to Nixon's resignation.cover-up of: · Some people suspect that government officials were involved in a cover-up of the incident. ► whitewash an attempt by a government or official committee to hide the true facts of a situation from the public, especially when there was supposed to have been an official and fair examination of these facts: · A Greenpeace spokesperson described the official report on nuclear waste disposal as a whitewash. ► cover something that you do or say as a way of hiding your true actions or intentions, especially when these are illegal or dishonest: · The ceasefire turned out to be just a cover to gain time to prepare another attack.· For years he had used his position at the United Nations as a cover for his spying activities. ► front something such as an organization or a type of behaviour that seems to be normal but is used to hide what is really happening: · She puts on this "innocent little girl" act, but it's all a front.· The car rental company is actually a front for a drugs ring. ► smokescreen something that is done or said in order to take people's attention away from other things that could be embarrassing or less acceptable: · The administration's emphasis on the drop in inflation is just a smokescreen to divert attention from rising unemployment. an attempt to prevent the public from discovering the truth about something → whitewash:  He accused the government of a cover-up. → cover up
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