PHRASAL VERB If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them. 把…盖上
He fell asleep in the front room so I covered him up with a duvet.
他在前屋睡着了，所以我给他盖上了一床羽绒被。
PHRASAL VERB If you cover up something that you do not want people to know about, you hide the truth about it. 隐藏; 掩盖
He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime.
他怀疑有掩盖这桩罪行的阴谋。
They knew they had done something terribly wrong and lied to cover it up.
他们知道已犯下了大错，并撒谎来掩盖这一错误。
→ see also cover-up
Meanwhile the Palace Museum has pledged to investigate fresh allegations by blogger Long Can of other cover ups at the Museum.
与此同时，故宫保证调查龙灿博客中所说的其他博物院试图掩盖的事情。
Removing the Irish primate, who has said he will only go if the Pope requests it, could signal that the era of cover-ups is finally over.
爱尔兰大主教曾说，只要教皇不要求，他不会下台。而现在，他的离职传递着这样一个信息：教会掩盖真相的日子终于一去不复返了。
All three strongly deny this, but in at least some voters' eyes, the American alliance is now tainted with connivance in kidnap and torture, followed by cover-ups.
三国均极力否认，但至少部分选民认为，与美结盟的良好形象因纵容与酷刑、继之以掩盖真相而受损。
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