cover up• Kate has made some big mistakes, and she won't be able to cover them up for long.• Lewis asked his wife to lie in an attempt to cover up the murder.
cover yourself up• Hastily, she covered herself up.• My landlady had stopped screaming by now because she'd managed to cover herself up.• I've been covering myself up and praying James wouldn't notice.• I begged them to cover themselves up, but they wouldn't.
ˈcover-up noun [countableC]
HIDE/NOT SHOWan attempt to prevent the public from discovering the truth about something 掩饰;隐瞒 → whitewash
cover-up• Some people suspect that government officials were involved in a cover-up of the incident.• Guilt is not a trueemotion; it is a cover-up for other feelings which we feel we shouldn't have.• People would suspect a cover-up if public hearings aren't held.• Soon there was a cover-up of the cover-up, because seniorofficers by then knew too much.• There is nothing less than a culturalcover-up about depression in men.• The techniques of cover-up are old and familiar.• The cover-up lasts to this day, but its genesis is now unravelling.• The Watergate cover-up eventually led to Nixon's resignation.
c)cover up for somebodySECRET to protect someone by hiding unpleasant facts about them 为某人掩盖错误;包庇某人
They covered up for Kirk by refusing to answer any questions.
他们拒绝回答任何问题,为柯克掩饰。
d)HIDE/NOT SHOWto put clothes, blankets etc over yourself in order to protect or hide your body, or to keep yourself warm 穿上衣服;盖上毯子
Cover up, or stay out of the sun.
遮盖一下,或者不要站在太阳底下。
cover yourself up
Hastily, she covered herself up with the towel.
她急忙用毛巾盖住自己。
Examples from the Corpus
cover up• Kate has made some big mistakes, and she won't be able to cover them up for long.• Lewis asked his wife to lie in an attempt to cover up the murder.
cover yourself up• Hastily, she covered herself up.• My landlady had stopped screaming by now because she'd managed to cover herself up.• I've been covering myself up and praying James wouldn't notice.• I begged them to cover themselves up, but they wouldn't.