cop-out

英 [ˈkɒp aʊt]

美 [ˈkɑːp aʊt]

n.  逃避(或躲避)的方法; (不做某事的)借口

复数：cop-outs　

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 逃避（或躲避）的方法；（不做某事的）借口
  a way of avoiding doing sth that you should do, or an excuse for not doing it
  1. Not turning up was just a cop-out.
     不露面只不过是在逃避而已。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 逃避（或躲避）的方法
  If you refer to something as acop-out, you think that it is a way for someone to avoid doing something that they should do.
  1. To decline to vote is a cop-out...
     拒绝投票就是一种逃避。
  2. The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out.
     电影回避式的结局让人不满。

双语例句

• Be honest and give a real answer and not a cop-out one.
  请诚实回答不要逃避。
• To decline to vote is a cop-out
  拒绝投票就是一种逃避。
• Instead of camping they stayed in a hotel; what a cop-out!
  们没有去野营，而是呆在旅店里；放弃了多可惜啊！
• I thought the end of the film was a bit of a cop-out.
  我觉得电影的结局有点避重就轻。
• Jimmy was known to the team as a cop-out because he never showed up for important games.
  队里都知道吉米是个喜欢临阵脱逃的人，凡是重要比赛都不见他人影。
• To pin the blame on culture is the ultimate cop-out.
  把责任推给文化是最站不住脚的借口。
• Saying "but its REST" and claiming that everything will be dynamic is a cop-out and it really just means you are lazy.
  说“但这是REST”（译者注：言外之意是这不是SOA）并声称所有的事情将是动态的，这样的说法就是一种借口，而实际上只能说明你懒。
• While we usually think of it as a cop-out, a way for someone to spare our feelings, the reality is that it is actually true.
  通常我们认为这种说法是一种逃避，也是一种舒缓我们感受的方式，而事实上这说法确实是对的。
• The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out.
  电影回避式的结局让人不满。
• Wu: So the cop-out way of naming is deliberately made.
  巫：所以这种虚晃一枪式的起名方法是有意为之的。