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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.
    1. ...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
    2. 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。

双语例句

  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • I have read the paper over.
    我把报纸全部看完了。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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)。
  • Could you fling the paper over here?
    请把那张报纸扔给我好吗?
  • The meeting was stormy, and the two sides managed only to paper over the cracks on some issues.
    会议很激烈,但双方只是在试图掩盖某些问题上的错误。