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brush /brʌʃ/► SEE ALLsweep/brush sth under the carpet(as) daft as a brushpaint sth with a broad brushtar sb/sth with the same brush●sweep/brush sth under the ˈcarpet (NAmE also sweep sth under the ˈrug) (informal) hide sth which might cause trouble, or which you do not want other people to know 企图掩盖错事；逃避问题；藏着掖着◆No matter how unwelcome the results of the enquiry may be, they must not be swept under the carpet.不管调查的结果将如何令人不快，都不能掩盖起来。●(as) ˌdaft as a ˈbrush (BrE, spoken) (of a person 人) very silly 十分愚蠢●paint sth with a ˌbroad ˈbrushdescribe sth in a general way, ignoring the details 粗线条描绘；大致地描述◆His description of national politics is painted with a very broad brush, although some areas are described in a little more detail than others.他对全国的政治只作了大致评论，虽然对某些方面的描写稍详细些。▸ ˌbroad-ˈbrush adjective [only before noun]
dealing with sth in a general way rather than considering details 粗线条的；不考虑细节的◆a broad-brush approach粗线条的处理方法●tar sb/sth with the same ˈbrushjudge a whole group of people or things unfairly because of your bad experience with one or a few of them （以偏概全地）把…看作是一路货色，认为…是一丘之貉◆Because his older brother had been a troublemaker at the school, Paul was automatically tarred with the same brush. It wasn’t fair!因为保罗的哥哥上学时是个捣蛋鬼，保罗也就被看成是一路货色。这不应该！ |