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面紗;面罩
A veil is a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and which can also cover their face.
例句
She's got long fair hair but she's got a veil over it...
她有一頭金色的長發(fā)，但她用頭巾包住了。
She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
她用裝飾性的薄紗遮住了臉。
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掩蓋物;遮蔽物
You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as a veil .
例句
The country is ridding itself of its disgraced prime minister in a veil of secrecy...
這個國家暗地里正試圖把失勢的首相趕下臺。
The chilling facts behind this veil of silence were slow to emerge.
沉默背后的駭人真相慢慢顯露出來。
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（薄霧等）幕障
You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as a veil.
例句
The eruption has left a thin veil of dust in the upper atmosphere...
火山爆發(fā)在高層大氣中留下了一層薄薄的塵土。
He recognized the coast of England through a veil of mist...
透過薄霧他認(rèn)出了那是英格蘭的海岸線。
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隱瞞;避而不談
If you draw a veil over something, you stop talking about it because it is too unpleasant to talk about.
例句
The clamour to draw a veil over the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy.
想要掩飾部長婚外情的喧囂叫嚷之聲讓人倍感虛偽。