Cover one's tracks 掩盖行踪
<p>上星期我朋友的公司出了一起风波。一名会计被发现挪用公款。他连续几个月没被发现，因为他做得很隐蔽。我们可以用一个习惯用语来形容他的这种做法，那就是<span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="one">one</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="tracks">tracks</span>.</p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="one">one</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="tracks">tracks</span>意思就是掩盖行踪/计划。上面的例子中，<span word="The">The</span> <span word="accountant">accountant</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="tracks">tracks</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="scheme">scheme</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span>. 例句1：<span word="The">The</span> <span word="prisoner">prisoner</span> <span word="escaped">escaped</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="finding">finding</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="tracks">tracks</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="careful">careful</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="traveling">traveling</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="another">another</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="photo">photo</span> <span word="appeared">appeared</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="TV">TV</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="viewer">viewer</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="her">her</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="captured">captured</span>.</p><p>这名犯人几星期前越狱，警方费了好大力气搜捕她，但是她很好地掩盖了自己的行踪。她不使用真名，而且不停在州与州之间转移。直到她的照片被公布在电视上，有人举报说曾经见过她，才终于把她抓了回来。</p><p><span word="Cover">Cover</span> <span word="one">one</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="tracks">tracks</span>也不一定都是干坏事，这个短语也可以用来表示“掩盖计划、隐藏证据等”。</p><p>下面的这个例子里，兄妹俩人为了给他们的妈妈制造一个惊喜派对，一直试图掩饰他们的计划。让我们来看看他们都做了些什么:</p><p>例句2：<span word="Mom">Mom</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Dad">Dad</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="organizing">organizing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="party">party</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="celebrate">celebrate</span> <span word="their">their</span> 50<span word="th">th</span> <span word="wedding">wedding</span> <span word="anniversary">anniversary</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="we">we</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="pretty">pretty</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="covering">covering</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="tracks">tracks</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="let">let</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="guests">guests</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="weekend">weekend</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="won">won</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="what">what</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="happening">happening</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="ll">ll</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="surprise">surprise</span>!</p>
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