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

• It is bad policy to gloss over the difficulties.
  掩盖困难是不明智的。
• 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。
• This is no to gloss over out problems, or to underestimate the scale of what is required.
  这不是粉饰我们面对的困难，或者低估所需要做的努力的规模。
• "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。
• The main points of the plan seem fine and I think we can gloss over the details for now.
  这个计划的要点似乎是好的，因而我认为，我们现在可以暂时不去考虑细节。
• Unfortunately, corporate risk management tends to gloss over network effects and it is quite often myopic.
  遗憾的是，企业风险管理往往掩盖了这种网络效应，并且经常缺乏远见。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Furthermore, we will gloss over the initial creation of the dispenser object.
  另外，我们将忽略分发器对象的初步创建过程。