"The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"
1.(用…)盖在…上(以保护或隐藏)
If youcover something or someoneup, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
e.g. He fell asleep in the front room so I covered himup with a duvet.
他在起居室睡着了，我便给他盖上了羽绒被。
2.隐藏，遮掩(事实)
If youcover up something that you do not want people to know about, you hide the truth about it.
e.g. He suspects there's a conspiracy tocoverup the crime...
他怀疑有人密谋掩盖犯罪事实。
e.g. They knew they had done something terribly wrong and lied tocover itup...
他们知道自己犯了十分严重的错误，于是撒谎隐瞒。
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