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

• At first glance, it may be easy for one to gloss over him and the importance he brings to the team.
  粗略一看，拜纳姆以及他对于球队的重要性也许会被掩盖。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In this article, I'll discuss performance-based improvements to your code, but I'll also talk about things in the jQuery library that some people may gloss over.
  在本文中，我将讨论代码的性能改进，同时也谈及一些关于jQuery库的容易被忽视的问题。
• "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。
• Moreover, does her kindly words and expression can gloss over the pain by the laceration of her head?
  你的半开玩笑的话和你所表露的表情，真的能掩饰住你的疼我的痛吗？
• 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。
• Both sides yesterday were at pains to gloss over differences and focus on areas of common cause concerning the economic and financial crisis.
  昨日双方都刻意掩饰分歧，聚焦于应对当前经济和金融危机这一共同事业。
• 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。