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词汇 cover-story
释义 cover story
noun[ Cusually singular ]
uk /ˈkʌv.ə ˌstɔː.ri/ us /ˈkʌv.ɚ ˌstɔːr.i/
a report or article connected with the picture on the front of a magazine(与封面图片有关的)封面报道,封面文章
a story someone tells in order to hide the truth:
He had created a cover story to protect himself.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Accounts and stories
anecdote
another
anti-narrative
backstory
be another storyidiom
bodice-ripper
cautionary tale
in medias res
kompromat
legend
legendary
lore
misdescription
rundown
running commentaryphrase
scenario
semi-legendary
shaggy-dog story
strand
write something up

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Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
Examples from literature

Of course, he could be on the lam from somewhere, but in that case why bother with all the cover story? 

cover story | American Dictionary


cover story
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkʌv·ər ˌstɔr·i, ˌstoʊr·i/
a report or article connected with the picture on the front of a magazine

Examples of cover story


cover story
Those who were duped by the coverstory defied the instruction.
The participants all believed the coverstory and all showed interference despite their different expectations.
Viewers might suspect that connoisseurship was merely a coverstory.
Instead, he has given her a coverstory.
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The anti-tax campaign has been a coverstory, because the key aim has been to discredit progressive taxation.
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This type of person always has a coverstory to present to any official inquiry.
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Accordingly, there must be a coverstory, however implausible; what is wanted cannot be admitted.
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During his internship he wrote a coverstory for the magazine for free.
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He wrote the coverstory, revealing them as forgeries.
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A suitable coverstory was the need to deny use of the area to the enemy.
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To avoid arousing any suspicion by the gang, the police pretended to believe his coverstory and the charges were silently reduced to a fine.
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This was all part of his coverstory.
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If the subject is using a coverstory, it may be broken by softening-up.
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Time (magazine) ran a coverstory about female binge drinkers.
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She sees through his coverstory and throws him out.
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