conspiracy of silence

Detectives have run into a conspiracy of silence in the tight-knit communities of the peninsula.

侦探们犯了难，半岛上各个群体抱成一团，达成了保持缄默的密约。

A conspiracy of silence veiling it.

一张保持缄默的协定掩饰了它。

Stage 1 is the conspiracy of silence.

阶段1是沈默的同谋.

a secret plan by a group of people to do sth harmful or illegal a conspiracy to overthrow the government conspiracies against the president a conspiracy of silence (= an agreement not to talk publicly about sth which should be made public) They were charged with conspiracy to murder.

密谋策划；阴谋颠覆政府的阴谋反对总统的阴谋诡计保持缄默的密约（对该公开的事情不公开谈论的约定）他们被指控密谋策划谋杀。赞成；

There is a conspiracy of silence about what is happening.

对于发生的事情，大家一致保持缄默。

I wondered if a conspiracy of silence had developed: I wouldn't say anything about my secret therapy sessions, and they kept quiet as well.

我不知道我们是不是形成了一种默契：我从不提我秘密治疗的任何事情，他们也始终保持沉默。