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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The seller will often gloss over the weak areas of the business, or put effort into creating short-term gains to give a favorable impression of the business.
  卖家通常会将生意的劣势和不足轻描淡写、一笔带过或者为了给买家一个好的印象，过分强调生意的短期收益。
• This introduction is designed to only give you an initial taste of what WSFL is and what it has to offer; therefore, it will gloss over the detailed concepts.
  这里的介绍只打算让您对WSFL是什么以及必须提供什么有个最初的了解，因此对一些概念的细节部分忽略不谈。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？