英语词汇“to draw a veil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Also simply to draw a veil: to refrain from discussing something, esp. out of discretion or politeness.

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1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 9 Satyr be kind, and draw a silent Veil, Thy Native England's Vices to conceal.

1771 B. Franklin Let. 17 July in Ingenious Dr. Franklin (1931) 50 Where he has thought fit to draw a veil, our attempting to remove it may be deem'd at least an offensive impertinence.

1853 H. B. Stowe Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin i. i. 5/1 All works which ever mean to give pleasure must draw a veil somewhere or they cannot succeed.

1874 H. Kingsley Reginald Hetherege I. 49 Here we feel inclined to draw a veil. Aunt Hester always used to tell us that she was going to draw the veil, whenever she came across anything at all inconvenient to be mentioned.

1957 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 17 Jan. 31/2 Journalistic decorum dictates delicate handling of such matters in a family newspaper. Hence, we draw a veil and move on.

2008 J. Zalasiewicz Earth after Us v. 64 Here, more respectable accounts, coughing discreetly, might draw a veil.

单词	to draw a veil
释义	> as lemmas to draw a veil b. Also simply to draw a veil: to refrain from discussing something, esp. out of discretion or politeness. ΚΠ 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 9 Satyr be kind, and draw a silent Veil, Thy Native England's Vices to conceal. 1771 B. Franklin Let. 17 July in Ingenious Dr. Franklin (1931) 50 Where he has thought fit to draw a veil, our attempting to remove it may be deem'd at least an offensive impertinence. 1853 H. B. Stowe Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin i. i. 5/1 All works which ever mean to give pleasure must draw a veil somewhere or they cannot succeed. 1874 H. Kingsley Reginald Hetherege I. 49 Here we feel inclined to draw a veil. Aunt Hester always used to tell us that she was going to draw the veil, whenever she came across anything at all inconvenient to be mentioned. 1957 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 17 Jan. 31/2 Journalistic decorum dictates delicate handling of such matters in a family newspaper. Hence, we draw a veil and move on. 2008 J. Zalasiewicz Earth after Us v. 64 Here, more respectable accounts, coughing discreetly, might draw a veil. extracted from veiln.¹ < as lemmas
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