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cover-up

noun
🔊/ˈkʌvər ʌp/
🔊/ˈkʌvər ʌp/
[usually singular]
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  1. action that is taken to hide a mistake or an illegal activity from the public掩盖；掩饰
    • Government sources denied there had been a deliberate cover-up.政府方面否认了有故意掩饰的行为。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Military leaders were involved in a massive cover-up.军事首脑们卷入了一起重大的隐瞒真相事件。
    • cover-ups by the police警方隐瞒真相的行为
    • evidence of a cover-up over arms sales掩盖出售武器真相的证据
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • massive
    • government
    • …
    verb + cover-up
    • be engaged in
    • be implicated in
    • be involved in
    • …
    preposition
    • cover-up by
    phrases
    • allegations of a cover-up
    • claims of a cover-up
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