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

• 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。
• 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？
• Double vision, night-vision disturbances and dry eye are among the side effects outlined in literature given to Lasik patients, but Kantis and others say physicians often gloss over the risks.
  复视、夜视障碍和眼睛干涩在给予激光手术病人的副作用说明资料里略为提及，但是Kantis和其他受害者说医生往往刻意掩盖这些风险。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't gloss over your faults.
  别掩饰自己的缺点。
• The seller will often gloss over the weak areas of the business, or put effort into creating short-term gains to give a favorable impression of the business.
  卖家通常会将生意的劣势和不足轻描淡写、一笔带过或者为了给买家一个好的印象，过分强调生意的短期收益。
• 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。
• He tried to gloss over his errors.
  他企图掩饰自己的过失。
• I do not mean to gloss over or underplay the obstacles and needs.
  我这样说并不是要掩饰或淡化障碍和需求。