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

• 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。
• Don't gloss over your faults.
  别掩饰自己的缺点。
• 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。
• 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。
• He could no longer gloss over his failures.
  他再也无法掩饰自己的失败。
• It is bad policy to gloss over the difficulties.
  掩盖困难是不明智的。
• One should not gloss over one's shortcomings.
  不要隐讳自己的缺点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。