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

双语例句

• The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair.
  部里拼命想隐瞒整个事件。
• 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。
• Do hush up the scandal!
  不要把这丑事声张出去。
• The mayor tried to hush up the fact that he had been in prison.
  市长试图掩盖他曾入狱的事实。
• The students couldn't hush up until the teacher entered.
  老师走进教室后学生们才安静下来。
• Will somebody hush that guy up before I hit him?
  有没有人叫那个家伙住嘴，不然我就要揍他了。
• Hush up.; Don't breathe a word about it.
  不要声张。
• See if you can hush the dogs up, they're making a terrible noise in the yard.
  看看你能不能让那狗不叫，它们在院子里叫得吵死人了。
• Hush up! Do you want them to hear you?
  安静点！你想他们也听到吗？
• You can't hush a thing like this up.
  这种事情你是隐瞒不住的。