blow someone's cover

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reveal that someone's behavior, situation, or identity has been fabricated or deliberately misrepresented for an ulterior motive. idiomatic
    — Iskander's role as a G.A.M. operative was secret—until I unwittingly blew his cover that day.
  2. To reveal that one has fabricated or deliberately misrepresented one's own behavior, situation, or identity for an ulterior motive. idiomatic,reflexive
    — This spy film purports to be inspired by the true story of Kim Philby (1912-1988), a British intelligence officer and Soviet spy during the 1940s and '50s who gained international notoriety when he blew his cover and defected to the USSR in 1963.

词形变化

blows someone's cover present,singular,third-person blowing someone's cover participle,present blew someone's cover past blown someone's cover participle,past
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