大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 under the cloak of
释义:
under the cloak of 在……覆盖下;
披着……的外衣;
以……为借口
例句:
They left under the cloak of darkness.
他们在黑暗的掩护下离开了。
Undeterred, he crept into the cemetery under the cloak of darkness with a bemused sculptor in tow.
他没有被吓住,在黑暗的掩护下,拖着一个困惑的雕刻家,蹑手蹑脚地走进墓地。
Article 20 It is strictly forbidden to buy or sell a child or to do so under the cloak of adoption.
第二十条严禁买卖儿童或者借收养名义买卖儿童。
All evidence to Select Committees is given under the cloak of parliamentary privilege.
Other regulations are developed by power hungry bureaucrats inured to marketplace realities, all while resting under the cloak of civil service tenure.
All of a sudden they were hanging out their dirty laundry and sharing rumors and suppositions, sometimes wildly inaccurate, sometimes under the cloak of anonymity.
It is difficult to pinpoint how many people subscribe to white supremacist views, because the Internet allows people to follow the movement under the cloak of anonymity.
Apparently that actually happened, sometimes under the cloak of darkness, resulting in pressure on the home-course super to goose up speeds by whatever means necessary, even if that meant scalping the greens or taking other measures likely to cause long-term damage.
