摘要：掩盖某事；隐瞒/无视问题，掩饰错误；有意识地忘记……某事；避免讨论或处理(一些消极的或令人不安的事情)；掩盖不愉快的事实或问题，避免直接面对；

sweep sth under the carpet

US also ：sweep sth under the rug

掩盖某事；隐瞒/无视问题，掩饰错误；有意识地忘记……某事；避免讨论或处理(一些消极的或令人不安的事情)；掩盖不愉快的事实或问题，避免直接面对；

to try to stop people from finding out about sth wrong, illegal, embarrassing, etc. that has happened or that you have done

把……扫到地毯下面掩盖起来，自然就是“掩盖某事或问题”。如：

For a long time this problem has been swept under the carpet.

这一问题被掩盖了很长一段时间。

The committee is being accused of sweeping financial problems under the carpet to avoid embarrassment.

这个委员会被指为避免尴尬而隐瞒财务问题。

Unpleasant episodes in her early career were swept under the carpet.她早年生涯中一些令人不快的事情被掩盖起来了。

（她早年的那些“黑历史”被被掩盖起来了。）

You need to stop sweeping under the carpet. Nothing will get resolved like that!

你应该不再隐瞒问题，那样不会解决问题的。

You made a mistake that you can't sweep under the carpet.

你犯了一个不可以掩饰的错误。

They are trying to sweep the real issue under the rug.

他们试图掩盖真实的问题。

Don't try to sweep it under the carpet. You are wrong!

不要试图掩饰错误，你错了。

I know what you did. You can't sweepthingsunderthecarpet.
我知道你干了什么，你瞒不住我。

An earlier report, implicating the management, had been swept under the carpet.

早前的报告显示管理层一直在掩饰错误。

I wish we could sweep that difficult question under the carpet, but that‘s impossible. 我希望我们能把那个棘手的问题蒙混过去，但这是办不到的。

You need to stop sweeping your problems under the carpet. Nothing will get resolved like that!

你不要再掩盖你的问题了，这样解决不了问题的。

The senator has been accused of trying to sweep his former drug use under the carpet.

这位参议员被指控试图掩盖他以前的吸毒行为。

We cannot keep sweeping these things under the carpet.

我们不能老是无视（掩盖）这些事情。

They tried to sweep the scandal under the rug.

他们试图掩盖丑闻。

Let's sweep the whole unfortunate incident under the carpet and never refer to it again

让我们完全忘却那件不幸的事件，并且永远不再谈起它。

（(Unfortunate: 不幸的。Incident: 事件。Refer to:涉及，提起。想要保持开心的秘诀之一就是忘掉不好的事情而留下美好的回忆。)）

Just sweep it under the rug.

就当没发生过 忍忍就过去了。（忘记它吧。）《摩登家庭》

来源：翅膀英语