"sweep under the rug" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 掩飾（問題）
• 掩藏（問題）

Definition

選擇掩蓋或無視問題或錯誤，而不是去解決它，希望別人不會注意到。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是個非正式且帶點批評的表達，形容有人逃避責任或問題。多用於問題、壞消息或錯誤，不用於實物。類似“掩蓋”或“刻意忽視”。常與“試圖”搭配。

Examples

You can't just sweep under the rug the problems in the team.

你不能只把團隊的問題**掩飾**過去。

The company tried to sweep under the rug their financial mistake.

公司試圖**掩飾**他們的財務錯誤。

It’s better to talk about problems than to sweep them under the rug.

討論問題比**掩飾它們**要好。

Whenever something goes wrong, she just sweeps it under the rug and pretends everything’s fine.

每當出了問題，她總是**掩蓋**過去，假裝一切都沒事。

People used to sweep scandals under the rug, but now the news spreads fast.

以前人們常常**掩飾醜聞**，但現在消息傳得很快。

Just sweeping it under the rug won’t make the issue go away—it only gets worse.

只**掩飾**問題並不會讓它消失，反而會變得更糟。