hush up

英 [hʌʃ ʌp]

美 [hʌʃ ʌp]

隐瞒; 遮掩; 不让…张扬

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 隐瞒;遮掩;不让…张扬
  If someonehushessomethingup, they prevent other people from knowing about it.
  1. The crime was so base that everyone wanted to hush it up...
     这一罪行如此卑鄙无耻，大家都不想声张出去。
  2. The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair.
     部里拼命想隐瞒整个事件。
• PHRASAL VERB （当权者）堵住…的嘴，对…封口
  If people in authorityhushsomeoneup, they try to stop that person revealing information which they want to keep secret.
  1. The Conservative Government was only too quick to hush him up.
     保守党政府很快就堵住了他的嘴。

英英释义

verb

• cause to be quiet or not talk
  1. Please silence the children in the church!
  Synonym:hushquietensilencestillshut up
• cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
  1. Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
  2. She tried to gloss over her mistakes
  Synonym:whitewashgloss oversleek over

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