wall of silence

短语

[网络] 沉默之墙；沉默墙

发音

AU

词形变化

walls of silence 复数 walls of silence

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Strict secretiveness maintained by the members of a group with respect to information which might be contrary to their interests, especially information concerning questionable actions by members of the group.

    习语

    2006 Quataert, Donald. "The Massacres of Ottoman Armenians and the Writing of Ottoman History". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 37 (2): 249–259. doi:10.1162/jinh.2006.37.2.249. ISSN 0022-1953. JSTOR 4139548. After the long lapse of serious Ottomanist scholarship on the Armenian question, it now appears that the Ottomanist wall of silence is crumbling.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

blue wall blue wall of silence

上位词 1

cover-up