hush up

1. PHRASAL VERB 隐瞒;遮掩;不让…张扬
   If someone hushes something up, 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。
2. PHRASAL VERB （当权者）堵住…的嘴，对…封口
   If people in authority hush someone up, 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. Hush up.; Don't breathe a word about it.
   不要声张。
5. Do hush up the scandal!
   不要把这丑事声张出去。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. "You hush up your mouth!" howled the mighty King Yertle.
   “闭上你的嘴！”庄严的乌龟大王亚特尔怒吼道。
10. Hush up! Do you want them to hear you?
    安静点！你想他们也听到吗？
11. 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。
12. Will you children hush up; I'm trying to listen to the radio.
    孩子们请安静，我想听听广播。
13. The President tried to hush up the fact that his adviser had lied.
    总统试图掩盖他的顾问说谎的事实。
14. You guys hush up as if I'm interrupting.
    你们都安静下来，好像我打断了你们。
15. You can't hush a thing like this up.
    这种事情你是隐瞒不住的。

verb

1. cause to be quiet or not talk
   1. Please silence the children in the church!

   Synonym:    hushquietensilencestillshut up

2. 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