Veil
[ vel ]
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n. 面纱;掩饰;覆盖物;托词;
vt. 用面纱遮盖;掩饰;用帷幕分隔;隐匿;
💡 词根助记
veil=cover盖上→面纱，借口
📝 例句
I propose to draw a veil over the appalling events that followed.
我建议不要谈及後来发生的那些骇人听闻的事.
She raised her veil.
她掀起面罩。
A veil should be thrown over those sacred emotions of love and grief.
爱和悲痛这两种神圣的感情，应该用帷幕遮盖起来。
A battle is a veil through which it is not wise to peer.
战役是一层面纱，透过它盯着看是不明智的。
The veil she was wearing obscured her features.
她罩的面纱遮掩了她的面容。
🌱 联想助记
【串】evil(邪恶)的live(生活)需要veil(遮盖)以免被人认为他是vile(卑鄙的)
【记】※ live-生活,veil-面纱:穆斯林妇女整天生活在面纱后面
※ vei-谐音“为”,l-拼音“了”:为了不让人看到,我戴上了面纱
※ v-罗马数字“5”,e-拼音“鹅”,I-我,l-似数字“1”:5只鹅为我织了一块面纱
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
veil
n
1 [C]
(a) covering of fine net or other (usu transparent) material worn, esp by women, to protect or hide the face, or as part of a head-dress 面纱, 面罩（尤指女用的）
a bridal veil 新娘的面纱
She raised/lowered her veil. 她撩起[放下]面罩.
(b) piece of linen, etc covering the head and sometimes the shoulders, esp of nuns 头巾（尤指修女的）.
2 [sing] (fig 比喻) thing that hides or disguises 遮盖物; 掩饰物
a veil of mist over the hills 笼罩小山上的薄雾
plot under the veil of secrecy, innocence 在秘密、 正经事物掩盖下搞的阴谋.
3 (idm 习语) draw a curtain/veil over sth => draw2. take the `veil become a nun 当修女. veil, v [Tn]
1 put a veil over (sb/sth) 给（某人[某物]）带面纱或面罩
a veiled Muslim woman 戴著面纱的穆斯林女子.
2 (fig 比喻) hide or disguise (sth) 遮掩, 掩饰（某事物）
a thinly veiled threat, insult, hint, etc 含沙射影的威胁、 侮辱、 暗示等
He could hardly veil his contempt at my ignorance. 他掩盖不住对我无知的轻蔑之情.
🎯 考研助记
五姨(ve)给我(i)戴上1个(l) 面纱 网友：yqy 补充：快用veil遮住vein，否则…；veil=cover,表示"盖上"
🔁 扩展释义
*[veil]n. 面纱, 面罩, 借口, 幕, 帐, 遮蔽物vt. 戴面纱, 隐藏, 遮蔽, 掩饰vi. 蒙上面纱【医】 帆, 幕, 帕; 盖, 盖膜; 羊膜; 声ㄗ相关词组: draw a veil over sth
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I suggest that we ask users of this machine what they think about it. We can photograph them using it too. Then we can put their comments at the top of the advertisement in big print. We can bring in some humour too. People enjoy reading humorous ads.
我建议我们征询计算机用户的意见。我们也可以把他们使用计算机的情形拍成照片。然后我们把他们的意见用粗体字印在广告上面。我们还可以加入一些幽默故事。人们喜欢幽默的广告。
New Zealand is also home to about 170,000 Pacific Islanders from Oceania who have settled mainly in Auckland in North Island.
新西兰也是那些来自大洋诸岛大约170，000岛民的家园，他们大多定居在北岛的奥克兰。
Three million people watched as the ashes of this great man were gently poured into the brown waters of the river that would carry them to the ocean.
还有300万人守望着这位伟人的骨灰缓缓撒入褐以的恒河，河水把他的骨灰送向大海。