whitewashing
noun uk/ˈwaɪt.wɒʃ.ɪŋ/ us/ˈwaɪt.wɑː.ʃɪŋ/
(HIDING)
[ S or U ] disapproving粉饰，掩饰；掩盖
an attempt to stop people finding out the true facts about a situation
This is a politically correct whitewashing of the region's troubles. 这是对该地区的问题进行政治正确的粉饰。
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- That was a whitewashing. They had all the information and they did nothing.
- There were protests over the alleged whitewashing of the country's wartime past in school textbooks.
- He accused the District Attorney of whitewashing by not asking hard questions of at least one witness.
(RACISM)
[ U ] informal disapproving只用白人演员（或模特、表演者）;（尤指）用白人演员扮演非白人角色
the practice of using only white actors, models, or performers, especially the practice of using a white actor to play a character who is not white
Her casting to play a Native American character led to accusations of whitewashing. 她被选来扮演一个美国原住民，引发了对用白人演员扮演非白人角色的谴责。
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- I've witnessed a certain whitewashing of jazz, a tendency to book non-African American performers to please white audiences.
- A black supermodel accused some glossy magazines this week of adopting an unwritten "whitewashing" policy.
(DEFEAT)
[ C ] informal得零分的惨败
a severe defeat, especially one in which the defeated player or team does not score any points
The team has shown encouraging signs of progress since their Six Nations whitewashing. 自从在六国锦标赛中吃了个大鸭蛋以后，这支球队出现了令人鼓舞的进步表现。
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- The game looked even to start with but turned into a whitewashing.
(PAINTING)
[ U ]把（墙壁等）粉刷成白色
the action of painting walls or buildings using whitewash (= a white liquid)
The vandals should pay for whitewashing of the walls. 破坏公物的人应该支付粉刷墙壁的费用。
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- Is there a workman who could do the whitewashing for us?
- Whitewashing and plastering of homes was traditionally women's work in Mexico.