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

• He tried to gloss over his errors.
  他企图掩饰自己的过失。
• 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。
• One should not gloss over one's shortcomings.
  不要隐讳自己的缺点。
• John tried in vain to gloss over his faults.
  约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点，但是没有用。
• 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。
• 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？
• He could no longer gloss over his failures.
  他再也无法掩饰自己的失败。
• 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 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。
• Such predictions, however, gloss over the likely impact within Iran.
  然而，此类预测掩盖了轰炸对伊朗内部可能造成的影响。