paper over
英 [ˈpeɪpə(r) ˈəʊvə(r)]
美 [ˈpeɪpər ˈoʊvər]
掩盖,掩饰(分歧)
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 掩盖,掩饰(分歧)
If peoplepaper overa disagreement between them, they find a temporary solution to it in order to give the impression that things are going well.- ...his determination to paper over the cracks in his party and avoid confrontation...
他掩盖党内分歧、避免冲突的决心 - Differences were papered over but by no means were they fully resolved.
分歧被掩盖了,但是绝没有得到完全解决。
- ...his determination to paper over the cracks in his party and avoid confrontation...
双语例句
- This is a device to paper over the cracks in government policy.
这是掩盖政府政策失误的一种手法。 - Differences were papered over but by no means were they fully resolved.
分歧被掩盖了,但是绝没有得到完全解决。 - The meeting was stormy, and the two sides managed only to paper over the cracks on some issues.
会议很激烈,但双方只是在试图掩盖某些问题上的错误。 - It's silly to paper over the problem; it will only crop up again one day.
把这个问题掩盖起来的作法是愚蠢的,总有一天还会暴露的。 - He turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show; the doctor's writing was illegible.
他把纸翻过来所以看不到字迹;这医生的字迹很难辨。 - I have read the paper over.
我把报纸全部看完了。 - Then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued it around the string.
然后,他们把一些颜色鲜艳的纸涂上胶水,粘在风筝的框架上。 - Moreover, there are fears that mergers will be used to paper over cracks.
而且,有人担心兼并会被用作掩盖问题的手段。 - Efforts by Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, the French and German leaders, to paper over differences between Berlin and Paris on how to deal with the Greek debt crisis led to a summit statement in Brussels that stopped short of providing immediate support for Athens.
法国、德国领导人尼古拉萨科齐(nicolassarkozy)和安格拉默克尔(angelamerkel)努力掩盖两国之间关于如何处理希腊债务危机的分歧,导致在布鲁塞尔举行的欧盟首脑会议声明中,未宣布立即对希腊提供援助。 - Would you glance my paper over and give me your opinion?
你是不是看一看我的论文,给我提一些意见好吗?