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
- He tried to paper over the country's deep-seated problems.
他试图掩盖该国一些根深蒂固的问题。 - 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。 - 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。 - If we paper over the spaces between the wallboards, they won't show.
如果把板壁之间的缝隙用墙纸糊上，就看不出来了。 - 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？ - 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。 - We all know how treacherous are word, and how often we use them to paper over embarrassment or emptiness, or fear of the larger spaces that silence brings.
我们都知道语言有多么虚伪，我们记不清有多少次我们语言去掩饰自己的窘迫、空虚或对沉默带来得更大空间产生的恐惧。 - I have read the paper over.
我把报纸全部看完了。 - By putting thin paper over the map, he traced it.
他把薄纸覆盖在地图上，将它描了下来。 - Could you fling the paper over here?
请把那张报纸扔给我好吗？