cop-out
英 [ˈkɒp aʊt]
美 [ˈkɑːp aʊt]
n. 逃避(或躲避)的方法; (不做某事的)借口
复数:cop-outs
牛津词典
noun
- 逃避(或躲避)的方法;(不做某事的)借口
a way of avoiding doing sth that you should do, or an excuse for not doing it- Not turning up was just a cop-out.
不露面只不过是在逃避而已。
- Not turning up was just a cop-out.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 逃避(或躲避)的方法
If you refer to something as acop-out, you think that it is a way for someone to avoid doing something that they should do.- To decline to vote is a cop-out...
拒绝投票就是一种逃避。 - The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out.
电影回避式的结局让人不满。
- To decline to vote is a cop-out...
双语例句
- While we usually think of it as a cop-out, a way for someone to spare our feelings, the reality is that it is actually true.
通常我们认为这种说法是一种逃避,也是一种舒缓我们感受的方式,而事实上这说法确实是对的。 - It's easy to adopt either of these analyses, but perhaps each is a bit of a cop-out.
我们可以很容易地从这些分析中找到自己认可的一种,但也许每一种分析都有一点站不住脚。 - The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out.
电影回避式的结局让人不满。 - I thought the end of the film was a bit of a cop-out.
我觉得电影的结局有点避重就轻。 - To pin the blame on culture is the ultimate cop-out.
把责任推给文化是最站不住脚的借口。 - Jury thinks that's a cop-out.
陪审团认为那是托词。 - Saying "but its REST" and claiming that everything will be dynamic is a cop-out and it really just means you are lazy.
说“但这是REST”(译者注:言外之意是这不是SOA)并声称所有的事情将是动态的,这样的说法就是一种借口,而实际上只能说明你懒。 - He said: It's a cop-out if you ask me.
他说:这是一个认罪,如果你问我。 - In the end the G20 avoided public disagreement only by backing away from binding goals and resorting to a familiar cop-out: punting the issue to the International Monetary Fund.
最终G20之所以没有产生公开分歧,一是因为绕开了具有约束力的目标,二是因为又使出了惯用的逃避手段&把问题踢给了国际货币基金组织(IMF)。 - Be honest and give a real answer and not a cop-out one.
请诚实回答不要逃避。