【句子】I don't do yoga. It's a cover, okay? 【Modern Family S3E16】 【发音】/aɪ/ /dəʊnt/ /duː/ /ˈjəʊ.gə/ /ɪts/ /ə/ /ˈkʌv.ə(r)/ /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/ 【发音技巧】don't do失去爆破；It's a连读； 【翻译】我不做瑜伽，那只是个幌子，好吗？ 【适用场合】 今天节目中，我们要来学习一下cover的一种用法。 今天视频中，它指的是：“掩盖物；掩饰物；幌子；假身份”这样的意思； 我们经常会和介词for搭配，变成这样一个短语：cover for sth.，此时cover还是一个名词的用法，“用于掩盖、掩饰某个人的真实身份、感受的一件事情；用于掩盖某些非法活动的一件事”； activities or behaviour that seem honest or true but that hide sb.'s real identity or feelings, or that hide sth. illegal
eg: His work as a civil servant was a cover for his activities as a spy. 他那份公务员的工作只是一个掩盖他间谍身份的幌子而已。
eg: Her over-confident attitude was a cover for her nervousness. 她那种过分自信的态度，只是一个用来掩饰她紧张情绪的幌子而已。
eg: His import-export company was a cover for a drug-smuggling operation. 他的进出口贸易公司，只是一个为了掩盖他走私毒品的幌子而已。
eg: His cover was that he was just released from prison and was interested in joining the gang. 他的假身份是一个刚从监狱里被释放出来，很想加入这个帮派的人。