| 单词 | to lift the veil from |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lift the veil from (also off, on) c. to lift the veil from (also off, on): to remove the mystery, obscurity, or secrecy from (something); to reveal or expose. ΚΠ 1789 R. Potter Art of Crit. 171 Indeed our author lifts the veil too much from the mystery of book-making. 1827 Westm. Rev. Oct. 477 This book is full of human interest: as a piece of history, it lifts the veil from a period of great darkness. 1865 Atlantic Monthly July 116/1 What passed between the young man and..woman..I..could not tell... However, without lifting the veil on things sacred, I can say that her last words were, ‘Do your duty.’ 1972 P. Stevenson et al. Jasny's Soviet Economists of Twenties x. 194 Valentinov..escaped and lived long enough to lift the veil from developments some of which would otherwise have remained quite unknown. 1987 Computerworld (Nexis) 6 July s3 A growing number of..systems are coming into public view as some companies lift the veils off their proprietary technology. 2013 A. Dowling Catalonia since Spanish Civil War iii. 83 The veil was lifted on the reality of Francoism in Catalonia, due to a new period of relative press freedom. < as lemmas |
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