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
- 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。 - Although the cost of education has spiralled in recent years, incomes have not, prompting households to use debt to paper over the gap.
尽管最近几年，教育成本呈螺旋式上升，但收入却没有同步增长，这促使家庭利用债务来弥补缺口。 - He agreed to paper over the cracks for the period of the election.
他同意在选举期间暂时把分歧掩盖起来。 - Sam puts a piece of paper over the food.
萨姆用一张纸把食物盖起来。 - Could you fling the paper over here?
请把那张报纸扔给我好吗？ - I just sort of hand the slips of paper over to the pharmacist.
我只是就这样把处方递给药剂师而已。 - 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？ - A copy ( as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal.
把纸放在一些东西上用木炭擦它制成的副本（就象是雕刻术）。 - 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。 - She used layers of paper over a wall to describe how we hide our original selves, and said that by peeling away those layers one by one, we see the underlying original beneath.
她用糊在墙壁上的一层层的壁纸来形容我们是如何将真实的自我隐藏起来的，并且说一层一层地剥去那些壁纸，我们便会发现藏在下面的纯真。