掩盖 (yǎn gài) — to cover, to blanket (physically); to conceal, to cover up (abstract, e.g. truth, mistakes)
Definition
掩盖 means 'to cover up' (a truth, mistake, or feeling), more deliberate than 隐瞒 (which is simply hiding information). 对比 遮, which can be physical or abstract, 掩盖 is mostly abstract.
verb
to coverto blanket (physically)to concealto cover up (abstract, e.g. truth, mistakes)
Examples
- 掩盖。Dà xuě yǎn gài le dào lù.The heavy snow covered the road.
- 掩盖。Tā shì tú yǎn gài shì shí.He tried to cover up the facts.
- 掩盖。Tā bù néng yǎn gài zì jǐ de jǐn zhāng.She cannot conceal her nervousness.
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