地毯下

掩盖某事

on the carpet───在考虑中；在审议中

under the hammer───被拍卖；在拍卖

under the table───酒醉；秘密地

under the counter───私下出售的；暗中作成的；违法的；走后门

under the weather───人不太舒服；身体不适

under the knife───在外科手术中

under the lee───在背风下

a long time this problem has been swept under the carpet.───长一段时间这个问题一直被掩盖着。

keeping history alive and present and not simply sweeping it under the carpet.───保持历史的鲜活，而不是任其堙没在历史的黄沙之下。

People preferred to throw the dust under the carpet to avoid facing the problem.───他们更喜欢把灰尘扔到地毯下而不是去面对问题。

It must not try to sweep safety issues under the carpet by telling people that everything is OK and that they should not worry.───它不能企图告诉人们一切都没问题，不用担心，从而将安全问题掩藏起来。

Problems like the generation gap cannot be swept under the carpet.───像“代沟”这样的问题是不可以被掩盖起来的。

"We are forced to say something, " he says. "We could not sweep it under the carpet because that would be dishonest. "───他说，“我们必须说点什么，我们不能偷偷地把它抹掉，因为这样是不诚实的。”

It is human nature to reject the unconscious, project it upon another, or try to sweep it under the carpet so to speak.───抵制无意识是人类的本性，把它投射给别人，或可说是试着地毯式扫荡它。

Let's sweep the whole unfortunate incident under the carpet and never refer to it again.───让我们完全忘却那件不幸的事件，并且永远不再谈起它。

Sweeping the carbon under the carpet, as it were.───通常的做法是扫走地毯上的碳，当它产生的时候。

He had reasoned that, like him, Eleanor would want to continue their friendship and sweep the quarrel under the carpet.

There she found her letter unopened, just under the carpet.

The committee is being accused of sweeping financial problems under the carpet to avoid embarrassment.

For a long time this problem has been swept under the carpet.

Refuse to sweep difficulties under the carpet but sort things out even when it is painful.

An earlier report, implicating the government, had been conveniently swept under the carpet.

Will it be swept under the carpet or strategically forgotten, to make way for something more patentable?

Run the cables under the carpet.

We knew that it wouldn't just go away if we swept it under the carpet.