paper over
英 [ˈpeɪpə(r) ˈəʊvə(r)]
美 [ˈpeɪpər ˈoʊvər]
掩盖，掩饰（分歧）
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 掩盖，掩饰（分歧）
If peoplepaper overa disagreement between them, they find a temporary solution to it in order to give the impression that things are going well.- ...his determination to paper over the cracks in his party and avoid confrontation...
他掩盖党内分歧、避免冲突的决心 - Differences were papered over but by no means were they fully resolved.
分歧被掩盖了，但是绝没有得到完全解决。
- ...his determination to paper over the cracks in his party and avoid confrontation...
双语例句
- This is a device to paper over the cracks in government policy.
这是掩盖政府政策失误的一种手法。 - Turn the paper over and write your family situation on the back.
请在背面说明你的家庭状况。 - After two unsuccessful attempts at rectangular mazes on some graph paper that Cobb quickly and easily solves with a pencil, Ariadne turns the paper over and draws a spiral design on the blank page.
她两次都尝试在纸上画出普通的迷宫，但柯柏用一支铅笔迅速轻松解决了它们。最后她将纸翻转过来，在空白页面上画了一个旋涡状的迷宫。 - He tried to paper over the country's deep-seated problems.
他试图掩盖该国一些根深蒂固的问题。 - Would you glance my paper over and give me your opinion?
你是不是看一看我的论文，给我提一些意见好吗？ - I have read the paper over.
我把报纸全部看完了。 - Sam puts a piece of paper over the food.
萨姆用一张纸把食物盖起来。 - Moreover, there are fears that mergers will be used to paper over cracks.
而且，有人担心兼并会被用作掩盖问题的手段。 - He turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show; the doctor's writing was illegible.
他把纸翻过来所以看不到字迹；这医生的字迹很难辨。 - She used layers of paper over a wall to describe how we hide our original selves, and said that by peeling away those layers one by one, we see the underlying original beneath.
她用糊在墙壁上的一层层的壁纸来形容我们是如何将真实的自我隐藏起来的，并且说一层一层地剥去那些壁纸，我们便会发现藏在下面的纯真。