cover up

verb

1. hide from view or knowledge

e.g. The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House

Synonym: cover

1. (用…)盖在…上(以保护或隐藏)
If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.

e.g. He fell asleep in the front room so I covered him up with a duvet.
他在起居室睡着了，我便给他盖上了羽绒被。

2. 隐藏，遮掩(事实)
If you cover up something that you do not want people to know about, you hide the truth about it.

e.g. He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime...
他怀疑有人密谋掩盖犯罪事实。
e.g. They knew they had done something terribly wrong and lied to cover it up...
他们知道自己犯了十分严重的错误，于是撒谎隐瞒。

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