遮羞布

Feeling hot,he left only his stomach covered with a piece of cloth.

因为觉得热，他肚子上只留了一块遮羞布。

It will conclude that, done badly, it is often just a figleaf and can be positively harmful.

它的结论将是，如果做得不好，它很可能就是一块遮羞布，甚至有害。

It could be even worse, providing a figleaf of plausibility for Mr Mugabe to carry on his destructive rule.

考虑到穆加贝会用花言巧语来当做遮羞布，以便他继续进行毁灭性的统治，新政府甚至可能会更加糟糕。

But they lack even the figleaf of an excuse that a Mittal takeover of Arcelor could lead to domination of strategic national interests by a foreign power.

但他们甚至缺少作为借口的遮羞布，他们没有说米塔尔收购阿塞洛，可能会导致国家战略利益被外国势力支配。

Any elections, even sham ones, offer a figleaf of respectability that can be worn at international gatherings such as those of the African Union.

任何选举，甚至是假选举，都会给国际组织一块儿光鲜的遮羞布。

If America's legislators threaten to send the country's representatives into the conference room naked, the EPA's decision, which means that tailpipe emissions at least are likely to be regulated, has provided them with a figleaf.

如果美国的立法者要派遣该国代表一丝不挂的前去参加会议，那么EPA提出至少让车辆尾气排放得到管制的决定无疑是给美国与会者蒙上一层遮羞布。

South Africa's devotion to the Westminster parliamentary system, a figleaf of democracy over barbarism, meant that the Speaker was bound to let this "lone Prog" speak, and ministers had to answer her questions.

南非热衷于威斯敏斯特的议会体制（不过是遮盖暴行的民主制的一片无花果树叶——遮羞布），意味着议会发言人不得不允许这位&独立的进步人士&发言，而且部长们不得不回答她的质问。

The memorial in Duluth is part of a national journey that began in the 1990's, when scholars and museums began to pull back the covers on a shameful and horrific period.

在德卢斯的纪念馆是开始于20世纪90年代民族之旅的一部分，学者们和众多的博物馆开始揭开一个可耻的和可怕的时期的遮羞布。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。