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cover story

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈcover ˌstory noun [countable]  1. TCNthe main story that appears with a picture on the front cover of a newspaper or magazine 封面故事〔报纸或杂志中与封面图片有关的主要文章〕2. false information that you give people about who you are, what you are doing somewhere etc 掩人耳目的说法,虚假信息
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cover storyThe national news magazines have never granted her a cover story or a frill appreciation.When time magazine made her the subject of a cover story, she encouraged them to include a profile of me.All the press had to do was to interview any one of the islanders to blow the government cover story wide open.All his private papers were merely his cover story.In 1984, she was the subject of a Time magazine cover story.MI5 was then advised that Crabb had presumably drowned and was asked to help provide a suitable cover story.
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cover story
ˈcover ˌstory noun [countable]
1. the main story that appears with a picture on the front cover of a newspaper or magazine
2. false information that you give people about who you are, what you are doing somewhere etc


cover storyBrE /ˈkʌvə stɔːri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkʌvər stɔːri/ 🔊 nounthe main story in a magazine, that goes with the picture shown on the front cover 封面故事(杂志中与封面图片有关的内容)a story that is invented in order to hide sth, especially a person's identity or their reasons for doing sth (尤指掩饰身份或做某事原因的)托辞,借口