whitewash

柯林斯詞典

1. N-UNCOUNT Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white. (將牆壁刷成白色的) 石灰水
2. V-T If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash. (用石灰水) 刷白
The walls had been whitewashed. 牆壁被粉刷成白色。
3. V-T If you say that people whitewash something, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable. 粉飾[表不滿]
The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions. 政府正在粉飾該政權(quán)的行爲(wèi)。