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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
  1. Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
  2. She tried to gloss over her mistakes
  Synonym:whitewashsleek overhush up
• treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly
  Synonym:skate oversmooth overslur overskimp over

双语例句

• Moreover, does her kindly words and expression can gloss over the pain by the laceration of her head?
  你的半开玩笑的话和你所表露的表情，真的能掩饰住你的疼我的痛吗？
• The stock market indiscriminately all attributed to the bubble, put it bluntly, but some are too keen on the artificial gloss over their mistakes managers of market manipulation.
  把股市的问题不分青红皂白一概归咎于泡沫，说穿了，不过是某些过于热衷于人工造市的管理者文过饰非的需要。
• One should not gloss over one's shortcomings.
  不要隐讳自己的缺点。
• Meanwhile, reforming zeal is in danger of being squandered, as broad-brush visions gloss over trickier questions of implementation and efficacy.
  与此同时，由于大手笔的愿景掩饰了比较棘手的执行和功效问题，改革的热情可能被浪费。
• 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。
• 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。
• At first glance, it may be easy for one to gloss over him and the importance he brings to the team.
  粗略一看，拜纳姆以及他对于球队的重要性也许会被掩盖。
• In this article, I'll discuss performance-based improvements to your code, but I'll also talk about things in the jQuery library that some people may gloss over.
  在本文中，我将讨论代码的性能改进，同时也谈及一些关于jQuery库的容易被忽视的问题。
• 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。
• Furthermore, we will gloss over the initial creation of the dispenser object.
  另外，我们将忽略分发器对象的初步创建过程。