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

• Our metrics are geared toward consumption and production of man-made goods and services, and we tend to gloss over nature.
  我们的测量都集中围绕在人造产品和服务的生产和消费上，我们常常掩盖了自然的价值。
• 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。
• Double vision, night-vision disturbances and dry eye are among the side effects outlined in literature given to Lasik patients, but Kantis and others say physicians often gloss over the risks.
  复视、夜视障碍和眼睛干涩在给予激光手术病人的副作用说明资料里略为提及，但是Kantis和其他受害者说医生往往刻意掩盖这些风险。
• Correct your mistake the moment you realize it and don't try to gloss over your mistake.
  要知过必改，不要文过饰非。
• People recall the peaks, gloss over the troughs, and are influenced by recent events, including sunshine and serendipitous dimes.
  人们回想起巅峰时期，抹平生活的低谷，而且还会受到最近事件的影响，例如明媚的阳光和意外拾获的硬币。
• Don't gloss over your faults.
  别掩饰自己的缺点。
• The stock market indiscriminately all attributed to the bubble, put it bluntly, but some are too keen on the artificial gloss over their mistakes managers of market manipulation.
  把股市的问题不分青红皂白一概归咎于泡沫，说穿了，不过是某些过于热衷于人工造市的管理者文过饰非的需要。
• Don't gloss over the comments at the bottom of each page: some of the best and most up-to-date information can be found in the user-contributed notes.
  不要忽视每一页下面的用户评论，一些相当不错的最新信息都会在这里找到。
• Of the respondents responsible for interviewing job applicants for senior roles, only 16 per cent said they would be willing to gloss over AQI and focus purely on an applicant's strengths and aptitude.
  在负责企业高级职位的受访者中，只有16%的人说他们会忽视澳大利亚式语调的影响而只关注应聘者的能力和资质。
• He poses the question that most Americans prefer to gloss over: is California governable?
  他提出了一个大多数美国人不愿正视的问题：加州能治理好吗？