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veil + object
She veiled her face with a scarf.
她用围巾遮住了脸。
掩盖；掩饰
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掩盖；掩饰
To hide or conceal something, as if with a veil.
She veiled her face with a scarf.
她用围巾遮住了脸。
用面纱装饰或打扮
To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
遮掩
To conceal as with a veil.
veil
Base
原形
veils
3rd person
第三人称单数
veiling
-ing
现在分词
veiled
Past
过去式
veiled
Past participle
过去分词
She often veils her emotions.
她经常隐藏自己的情绪。
He veiled his face during the ceremony.
他在仪式上遮住了脸。
They have veiled the truth for years.
他们已经掩盖真相多年了。
She veiled her face with a thin scarf before going out.
她出门前用一条薄围巾遮住了脸。
Thick fog veiled the mountain peak all morning.
浓雾整个上午都遮住了山峰。
He veiled his nervousness behind a confident smile.
他用自信的微笑掩饰内心的紧张。
She veiled her face with a scarf.
她用围巾遮住了脸。
常用于被动语态。
The mountains were veiled in mist.
群山笼罩在薄雾中。
He veiled his true intentions behind a friendly smile.
他用友好的微笑掩盖了真实意图。
Not this
She tried to reveal her true feelings.
Use this
She tried to veil her true feelings.
混淆 veil 和 reveal：veil 表示隐藏，reveal 表示揭露，两者意义相反。此处应使用 veil 表达“隐藏感受”。
Not this
The truth was veiled under a cloud of secrecy.
Use this
The truth was veiled in/behind a cloud of secrecy.
介词使用错误：veil 通常与 in 或 behind 搭配表示“被……遮蔽”，而不是 under。
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蒙上面纱
The bride veiled her face before walking down the aisle.
新娘在走红毯前蒙上了面纱。
掩盖真相
The company tried to veil the truth about the accident.
公司试图掩盖事故的真相。
掩饰情感
He veiled his emotions behind a calm smile.
他用平静的微笑掩饰了自己的情感。
笼罩在神秘中
The ancient ritual was veiled in mystery.
古代仪式笼罩在神秘之中。
遮蔽视线
The fog veiled the mountains from view.
浓雾遮蔽了群山，挡住了视线。
避而不谈
Let us draw a veil over what happened that night.
我们不要再提那天晚上发生的事了。
在……的掩护下
He conducted his illegal activities under the veil of charity.
他在慈善的掩护下进行非法活动。
秘密的面纱
The project was shrouded in a veil of secrecy.
该项目笼罩在秘密的面纱之下。
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对比 reveal（揭示），veil 是遮蔽，分不清时就想：面纱（veil）遮住，揭开（reveal）才见真相。
该词多用于文学作品、新闻报道或正式文体中，表示‘掩盖’或‘掩饰’，带有比喻色彩，口语中不太常用。
可作及物动词（意为遮蔽、掩饰）或不及物动词（意为蒙上面纱）。
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