gloss over
英 [ɡlɒs ˈəʊvə(r)]
美 [ɡlɑːs ˈoʊvər]
粉饰; 掩盖; 掩饰
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 粉饰；掩盖；掩饰
If yougloss overa problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try and make it seem unimportant by ignoring it or by dealing with it very quickly.- Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.
一些外国政府似乎很乐于掩盖不断出现的侵犯人权现象。
- Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.
英英释义
verb
- cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
- Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
- She tried to gloss over her mistakes
- treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly
双语例句
- Our metrics are geared toward consumption and production of man-made goods and services, and we tend to gloss over nature.
我们的测量都集中围绕在人造产品和服务的生产和消费上，我们常常掩盖了自然的价值。 - Don't gloss over the comments at the bottom of each page: some of the best and most up-to-date information can be found in the user-contributed notes.
不要忽视每一页下面的用户评论，一些相当不错的最新信息都会在这里找到。 - It is bad policy to gloss over the difficulties.
掩盖困难是不明智的。 - He tried to gloss over his errors.
他企图掩饰自己的过失。 - Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.
一些外国政府似乎很乐于掩盖不断出现的侵犯人权现象。 - I do not mean to gloss over or underplay the obstacles and needs.
我这样说并不是要掩饰或淡化障碍和需求。 - This is no to gloss over out problems, or to underestimate the scale of what is required.
这不是粉饰我们面对的困难，或者低估所需要做的努力的规模。 - He could no longer gloss over his failures.
他再也无法掩饰自己的失败。 - Of the respondents responsible for interviewing job applicants for senior roles, only 16 per cent said they would be willing to gloss over AQI and focus purely on an applicant's strengths and aptitude.
在负责企业高级职位的受访者中，只有16%的人说他们会忽视澳大利亚式语调的影响而只关注应聘者的能力和资质。 - Double vision, night-vision disturbances and dry eye are among the side effects outlined in literature given to Lasik patients, but Kantis and others say physicians often gloss over the risks.
复视、夜视障碍和眼睛干涩在给予激光手术病人的副作用说明资料里略为提及，但是Kantis和其他受害者说医生往往刻意掩盖这些风险。