PHRASAL VERB 隐瞒;遮掩;不让…张扬 If someone hushes something up, they prevent other people from knowing about it.
The crime was so base that everyone wanted to hush it up... 这一罪行如此卑鄙无耻,大家都不想声张出去。
The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair. 部里拼命想隐瞒整个事件。
PHRASAL VERB (当权者)堵住…的嘴,对…封口 If people in authority hush someone up, they try to stop that person revealing information which they want to keep secret.
The Conservative Government was only too quick to hush him up. 保守党政府很快就堵住了他的嘴。