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

• Correct your mistake the moment you realize it and don't try to gloss over your mistake.
  要知过必改，不要文过饰非。
• Such predictions, however, gloss over the likely impact within Iran.
  然而，此类预测掩盖了轰炸对伊朗内部可能造成的影响。
• 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。
• One should not gloss over one's shortcomings.
  不要隐讳自己的缺点。
• Both sides yesterday were at pains to gloss over differences and focus on areas of common cause concerning the economic and financial crisis.
  昨日双方都刻意掩饰分歧，聚焦于应对当前经济和金融危机这一共同事业。
• 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。
• It is bad policy to gloss over the difficulties.
  掩盖困难是不明智的。
• 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。
• He tried to gloss over his errors.
  他企图掩饰自己的过失。
• "LXC: Linux container tools" describes the basic usage of liblxc in detail, so we'll gloss over it here.
  “LXC：Linux容器工具”详细描述了liblxc的基本用法，因此这里不再细谈。