Phrase
hush up
/hʌʃ ʌp/
verb
使安静；使住口
make someone be quiet or stop talking
- 1.
To keep secret, to prevent from becoming known.
隐瞒；掩盖
掩盖；掩饰；隐瞒；隐瞒；掩盖；防止...张扬出去；保持沉默
In use
The manager hushed up the complaint so it would not affect the department.
She tried to hush the whole thing up instead of explaining it.
The committee has hushed up the error for months.
hush sth up
代词作宾语时须分开，例如：hush it up。
They tried to hush up the scandal.
他们试图掩盖这桩丑闻。
hush up
用于祈使句，表示让某人安静或停止说话。
Hush up! The baby is sleeping.
安静！宝宝在睡觉。
hush up about sth
指对某事绝口不提。
She hushed up about the accident.
她对那次事故保持沉默。
Verb forms
base hush up · third person hushes up · -ing hushing up · past hushed up · past participle hushed up
hush up是规则动词短语，变化与hush相同
Connections
Confusing words
- cover up
- 掩盖 · hush up强调阻止信息传播，cover up强调隐藏证据或事实
- shut up
- 闭嘴 · hush up多指使某事不被知晓，shut up是命令停止说话
- keep quiet
- 保持沉默 · hush up侧重主动隐瞒，keep quiet侧重不主动说出
Word family
- hushes up
- third person singular
- hushed up
- past, past participle
- hushing up
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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