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
- Paint won't cover the mark on the wall; we shall have to paper over it.
油漆盖不住墙上这道痕迹，我们得用墙纸裱糊一下。 - But announcements of a series of new clean energy initiatives, from carbon capture research to a project on electric cars, could not paper over the fact that both leaders had sharply downgraded prospects of a big deal on climate change in Copenhagen next month.
但是，宣布一系列清洁能源方面的举措，从碳捕获研究到电动汽车项目，并不能掩盖一个事实，即美中两国领导人已大幅降低了下月哥本哈根气候变化会议上达成重大协定的可能性。 - 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。 - 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。 - Turn the paper over to the other side.
把纸翻转到另一面。 - 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。 - I have read the paper over.
我把报纸全部看完了。 - He acts in disregard of principle, often trying to paper over differences.
他办事不讲原则，爱和稀泥。 - 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。 - 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。