| 词汇 | example_english_cover-up |
| 释义 | Examples of cover-upThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. To conservatives this denouement had all the marks of a cover-up. If the chair had been a man, you would have a cover-up, complete with back-room deals being cut to soft-pedal on some of the boys. Such language is a linguistic cover-up designed to hide an unpleasant reality. A perceived "cover-up" could lead a patient or family member to conclude that the professional is disloyal and untrustworthy. The higher the perceptions of political corruption, discrimination, and cover-up are, the greater the perceptions of the democratic crisis are. That feeds the idea that there has been a cover-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the only way of getting the idea of a cover-up off the agenda. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want to avoid any suggestion of a cover-up, which would be fundamentally unhealthy for the whole nature of our criminal justice system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact that they may have got away with cover-up and deceit for nine years is no reason for continuing to evade action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It decided that it would forgo £2 million a year because it was not prepared to continue with the cover-up of the bank's activities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does that state silence amount to a cover-up—a cover-up so powerful that even parts of the media are silenced? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That confidence depends on people's knowing what is happening and not discovering later and then suspecting that there has been a deliberate cover-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we confirm it, it becomes unpleasant; if we equivocate, it is the equivalent of a cover-up, with all the row that ensues thereafter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a massive cover-up of a massive waste of taxpayers' money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a big cover-up, a closed shop. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In effect, the ombudsman has assisted in the cover-up and has shielded senior council officials from the consequences of their improper actions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that he was not attempting another cover-up with his sedentary comment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone would resent any scintilla of a suggestion of a cover-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will that further extend the cover-up and provide reasons for not reopening the case? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They conceal what they are doing by pretending to do something else, rather like calling their cover-up open government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are helped by a supine media that is only too willing to participate in what is effectively a cover-up. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But on the overall issue and the question of the cover-up, we need to take a wider view. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English However, they are also a cover-up for cost reduction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a sort of general cover-up all along the line, and justice is certainly not seen to be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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