| 词汇 | whitewashing |
| 释义 | whitewashing noun uk /ˈwaɪt.wɒʃ.ɪŋ/ us /ˈwaɪt.wɑː.ʃɪŋ/ whitewashingnoun (HIDING)[ S or U ]disapproving an attempt to stop people finding out the true facts about a situation: 掩盖真相，粉饰 This is a politically correct whitewashing of the region's troubles.这是对该地区的问题进行政治正确的粉饰。 That was a whitewashing. They had all the information and they did nothing. There were protests over the alleged whitewashing of the country's wartime past in school textbooks. He accused the District Attorney of whitewashing by not asking hard questions of at least one witness. Secrecy and privacy anonymity anonymization anonymize anonymous anonymously cryptography data protection dead men tell no talesidiom dissimulate dissimulation official secret on the quietidiom privacy privacy settings private under the tableidiom under wrapsidiom undisclosed unrevealed unsourced whitewashingnoun (RACISM)[ U ]informaldisapproving the practice of using only white actors, models, or performers, especially the practice of using a white actor to play a character who is not white: 只用白人演员（或模特、表演者）;（尤指）用白人演员扮演非白人角色 Her casting to play a Native American character led to accusations of whitewashing.她被选来扮演一个美国原住民，引发了对用白人演员扮演非白人角色的谴责。 I've witnessed a certain whitewashing of jazz, a tendency to book non-African American performers to please white audiences. A black supermodel accused some glossy magazines this week of adopting an unwritten "whitewashing" policy. whitewashingnoun (DEFEAT)[ C ]informal a severe defeat, especially one in which the defeated player or team does not score any points: 得零分的惨败 The team has shown encouraging signs of progress since their Six Nations whitewashing.自从在六国锦标赛中吃了个大鸭蛋以后，这支球队出现了令人鼓舞的进步表现。 The game looked even to start with but turned into a whitewashing. Winning, losing & scoring in sport aet against the run of playidiom all out blinder blow someone away box score counterattack crash dead heat draw hammering offence offensively outpoint outrun point-scoring points deduction shutout tank winner whitewashingnoun (PAINTING)[ U ] the action of painting walls or buildings using whitewash(= a white liquid): 把（墙壁等）粉刷成白色 The vandals should pay for whitewashing of the walls.破坏公物的人应该支付粉刷墙壁的费用。 Is there a workman who could do the whitewashing for us? Whitewashing and plastering of homes was traditionally women's work in Mexico. Paints, dyes & pigments annatto brazilwood colourant coverage dip dye enamel henna lacquer linseed oil logwood marbling non-drip paint pigmentation shellac sienna spray gun thinner topcoat varnish |
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