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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - After two unsuccessful attempts at rectangular mazes on some graph paper that Cobb quickly and easily solves with a pencil, Ariadne turns the paper over and draws a spiral design on the blank page.
她两次都尝试在纸上画出普通的迷宫，但柯柏用一支铅笔迅速轻松解决了它们。最后她将纸翻转过来，在空白页面上画了一个旋涡状的迷宫。 - 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。 - 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。 - I have read the paper over.
我把报纸全部看完了。 - Don't litter the paper over the floor.
不要在地板上乱丢纸。 - 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。 - Once they find the name, many rub a pencil on paper over the letters to copy it.
每当他们找到了，他们都会用铅笔和纸将这个名字抄下来。