英语释义

1. to whiten with whitewash
a freshly whitewashed wall a row of whitewashed cottages "Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?"
— Mark Twain

2. to gloss over or cover up (something, such as a record of criminal behavior)
refused to whitewash the scandal In the years following the Nuremberg trials, there was an increasingly concerted effort to whitewash the record of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of the Third Reich.
— Rob Zacny

3. to exonerate (someone) by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
… seemed to be trying to tell the full story without trying to whitewash the dictator or conceal his atrocities.
— Ronald Hingley

4. to hold (an opponent) scoreless in a game or contest
He stopped 38 shots to shut out the Oilers on Feb. 9; 39 in blanking the Rangers on Nov. 12; and 45 in whitewashing the Avalanche on Oct. 30.
— Austin Murphy

5. to alter (something) in a way that favors, features, or caters to white people: such as

6. to portray (the past) in a way that increases the prominence, relevance, or impact of white people and minimizes or misrepresents that of nonwhite people
… touches obliquely on Jones' assertion that the mayor and other white city leaders want to "whitewash" the telling of our nation's civil rights struggles.
— Jeff Gauger

7. to alter (an original story) by casting a white performer in a role based on a nonwhite person or fictional character
It was important to Jenny Han, author of the YA books To All the Boys I've Loved Before, that the film adaption would keep one key detail: that the lead character, Lara Jean, was Asian-American. In a new essay …, Han revealed that nearly every production company interested in adapting her best-selling book into a movie asked to whitewash it.
— Hunter Harris The Hollywood screenwriter Max Landis has denied defending the casting of Scarlett Johansson in a "whitewashed" remake of the classic Japanese anime Ghost in the Shell.
— Ben Child

8. a liquid composition for whitening a surface: such as

9. a preparation for whitening the skin

10. a composition (as of lime and water or whiting, size, and water) for whitening structural surfaces

11. an act or instance of glossing over or of exonerating

12. a defeat in a contest in which the loser fails to score

13. to make (something) whiter by painting it with whitewash

14. to prevent people from learning the truth about (something bad, such as a dishonest, immoral, or illegal act or situation)

15. to defeat (an opponent) easily by winning every game, point, etc.

16. a white liquid mixture used for making surfaces (such as walls or fences) whiter

17. a planned effort to hide a dishonest, immoral, or illegal act or situation

18. a defeat in a game or contest in which the loser does not score any points

19. to cover with a mixture that whitens

20. to try to hide the wrongdoing of
The company didn't try to whitewash their actions.

21. a mixture (as of lime and water) for making a surface (as a wall) white

英汉例句

• That mound red in the white wash like the disk is clearly bright, more and more serious illness, and seizures were also more frequent.

  那砣红在洁白的洗手盘中分明是那样的鲜艳，病情越来越严重了，发作得也越来越频繁了。

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condone宽恕；赦免

discount打折扣；将…贴现；贬损；低估；忽视

disregard忽视，无视，不尊重

excuse原谅；为……申辩；準许……离开；给……免去；作为借口；请求宽恕

forgive表示原谅

ignore驳回诉讼；忽视；不理睬

overlook忽视；眺望；从高处能看到的景色

overpass穿过，超过；过去，结束；忽视

pardon(Pardon)人名；(德、法、捷)帕尔东

pass over越过；忽略；宽恕；回避

remit职权范围；提交审议的事项

shrug off摆脱；抖去；不屑理睬；耸肩表示蔑视；扭身脱掉衣服