| 单词 | disguise |
| 释义 | dis·guise1 /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ ●●○ verb [transitive] 1 HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto change someone’s appearance so that people cannot recognize them 装扮，假扮disguise yourself as somebody/something Maybe you could disguise yourself as a waiter and sneak in there. 或许你可以假扮成一个侍者混进去。 He escaped across the border disguised as a priest. 他装扮成神父越境逃走了。► see thesaurus at hide2 HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto change the appearance, sound, taste etc of something so that people do not recognize it 掩盖，掩饰〔某物的外表、声音、味道等〕 There’s no way you can disguise that southern accent. 你是无法掩盖那南方口音的。disguise something as something a letter bomb disguised as a musical greetings card 伪装成音乐贺卡的信件炸弹3 HIDE/NOT SHOWto hide a fact or feeling so that people will not notice it 掩饰，掩盖〔事实或感情〕 Try as he might, Dan couldn’t disguise his feelings for Katie. 不论怎么努力，丹还是掩饰不住对凯蒂的感情。disguise the fact (that) There’s no disguising the fact that business is bad. 生意不好，这是无法隐瞒的。 The speech was seen by many as a thinly disguised attack on the president. 许多人认为这场演说是对总统几乎不加掩饰的攻击。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdisguise• The FBI say the hijackers were very likely to have been disguised.• He spent several years in the monastery disguised as a monk.• And then the genie told him about the magician disguised as the holy woman.• She managed to get into the camp by disguising herself as a soldier.• The robber was wearing a paper bag over his head to disguise his face.• Larry couldn't disguise his satisfaction at seeing his competitor go out of business.• Their Walkpersons are in actuality radar sensors cleverly disguised, I theorize.• No amount of expensive television advertising can disguise that.• Myriad receptions and reunions could not disguise the bleak prospects for job hunters.• With horrible political insight they found a way to disguise the thing.• The park's waterfalls disguise the traffic noise from the freeway.• The men had disguised the vessel as fishing boat to escape.• But what is striking now is that neither side seems bothered about disguising those differences.• Dexter admired the way in which his boss disguised who she was really interested in.• Do not disguise your intentions in order to achieve your own ends as doing this only feeds the negativity within you.disguise yourself as somebody/something• In May 1528, while Angus was away, James disguised himself as a groom and made a dash for Stirling.• He imagined a monster who disguised himself as a kid to attack an earthling.• Brin Weare fooled the enemy by disguising himself as a priest.• To get into the building, I disguised myself as a reporter.• It does this by disguising itself as an aphid, in order to avoid being detected by the ants.• If that happens the aliens will be able to disguise themselves as humans and invade Earth.disguise something as something• Well, it may be hard to disguise junk as health food.thinly disguised• Both, however, were under external threat from barbarians more or less thinly disguised.• Hardly compatible with discretion, that I should ride to the Palace in so thinly disguised a vehicle.• Almost all his climbs have a certain something: a thinly disguised air of intimidation often allied to a raw brutality.• Mostly they turned out to be thinly disguised candidate ads, a violation of the spirit of the law at best.• Integrity is vital but in all types of organisations including schools there are examples of thinly disguised contempt for customers and consumers.• This was a thinly disguised device designed to give Harleston the opportunity to ease Jeffries out painlessly and to find a replacement.• In most firms, top management incentives are thinly disguised executive perks: not in Hanson.• His thinly disguised hatred of rock-n-roll had made him an unpopular journalist.• I should hate to give the impression that my love for you is but thinly disguised lust.disguise2 ●●○ noun 1 [countable, uncountable]HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEE something that you wear to change your appearance and hide who you are, or the act of wearing this 伪装物，化装用具；伪装 His disguise didn’t fool anyone. 他的伪装没能骗过任何人。 She wore dark glasses in an absurd attempt at disguise. 她戴了副墨镜企图伪装，样子很可笑。2 in disguise a) HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEwearing a disguise 乔装的，假扮的 The woman in the park turned out to be a police officer in disguise. 公园里的那个女人原来是一个乔装的警察。 b) HIDE/NOT SHOWmade to seem like something else that is better 变相的〔使看起来似乎更好〕 ‘Tax reform’ is just a tax increase in disguise. “税务改革” 只不过是变相的增税。 → blessing in disguise at blessing(4)Examples from the Corpusdisguise• Morning comes, and Blue starts busying himself with another disguise.• Friends gave us long robes and veils for disguise.• But it was a good disguise, he told himself.• The crash was a blessing in disguise for Schwab.• The major problem is that it is just another irresponsible tax cut in disguise that would mostly benefit rich folks like Forbes.• Luther was the devil in disguise.• The peddler in disguise showed Snow White her beautiful, colorful laces.• He went across in a variety of disguises, or sent emissaries, and negotiated the price.• Inevitably though, these disguises inspired in readers a sense of vicarious danger or disgust.• The army does not officially admit that it uses disguises.Origin disguise1 (1300-1400) Old French desguiser, from guise “appearance”dis·guise1 verbdisguise2 nounChineseSyllable that Corpus cannot so someone’s to people change appearance |
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