paper over

英 [ˈpeɪpə(r) ˈəʊvə(r)] 美 [ˈpeɪpər ˈoʊvər]

掩盖，掩饰（分歧）

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  1. PHRASAL VERB 掩盖，掩饰（分歧）
    If people paper over a disagreement between them, they find a temporary solution to it in order to give the impression that things are going well.
    1. ...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
    2. 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。
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双语例句

  1. The meeting was stormy, and the two sides managed only to paper over the cracks on some issues.
    会议很激烈，但双方只是在试图掩盖某些问题上的错误。
  2. 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。
  3. It's silly to paper over the problem; it will only crop up again one day.
    把这个问题掩盖起来的作法是愚蠢的，总有一天还会暴露的。
  4. I have read the paper over.
    我把报纸全部看完了。
  5. If we paper over the spaces between the wallboards, they won't show.
    如果把板壁之间的缝隙用墙纸糊上，就看不出来了。
  6. Paint won't cover the mark on the wall; we shall have to paper over it.
    油漆盖不住墙上这道痕迹，我们得用墙纸裱糊一下。
  7. He agreed to paper over the cracks for the period of the election.
    他同意在选举期间暂时把分歧掩盖起来。
  8. Once they find the name, many rub a pencil on paper over the letters to copy it.
    每当他们找到了，他们都会用铅笔和纸将这个名字抄下来。
  9. Although the cost of education has spiralled in recent years, incomes have not, prompting households to use debt to paper over the gap.
    尽管最近几年，教育成本呈螺旋式上升，但收入却没有同步增长，这促使家庭利用债务来弥补缺口。
  10. Then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued it around the string.
    然后，他们把一些颜色鲜艳的纸涂上胶水，粘在风筝的框架上。
  11. A copy ( as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal.
    把纸放在一些东西上用木炭擦它制成的副本（就象是雕刻术）。
  12. Turn the paper over to the other side.
    把纸翻转到另一面。
  13. We all know how treacherous are word, and how often we use them to paper over embarrassment or emptiness, or fear of the larger spaces that silence brings.
    我们都知道语言有多么虚伪，我们记不清有多少次我们语言去掩饰自己的窘迫、空虚或对沉默带来得更大空间产生的恐惧。
  14. Sam puts a piece of paper over the food.
    萨姆用一张纸把食物盖起来。
  15. He acts in disregard of principle, often trying to paper over differences.
    他办事不讲原则，爱和稀泥。
  16. 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。
  17. By putting thin paper over the map, he traced it.
    他把薄纸覆盖在地图上，将它描了下来。
  18. Don't litter the paper over the floor.
    不要在地板上乱丢纸。
  19. 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。
  20. Could you fling the paper over here?
    请把那张报纸扔给我好吗？
  21. 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。
  22. 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。
  23. Some people have argued that using antidepressants in the setting of depression is not a good idea because these only paper over the "real" problems in people's lives.
    一些人认为在抑郁的过程中使用抗抑郁药并不是个好主意，这是因为在人们的生活中那不是真正的疾病。
  24. 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。
  25. Turn the paper over and write your family situation on the back.
    请在背面说明你的家庭状况。
  26. Efforts by Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, the French and German leaders, to paper over differences between Berlin and Paris on how to deal with the Greek debt crisis led to a summit statement in Brussels that stopped short of providing immediate support for Athens.
    法国、德国领导人尼古拉萨科齐（nicolassarkozy）和安格拉默克尔（angelamerkel）努力掩盖两国之间关于如何处理希腊债务危机的分歧，导致在布鲁塞尔举行的欧盟首脑会议声明中，未宣布立即对希腊提供援助。
  27. 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？
  28. I just sort of hand the slips of paper over to the pharmacist.
    我只是就这样把处方递给药剂师而已。
  29. But announcements of a series of new clean energy initiatives, from carbon capture research to a project on electric cars, could not paper over the fact that both leaders had sharply downgraded prospects of a big deal on climate change in Copenhagen next month.
    但是，宣布一系列清洁能源方面的举措，从碳捕获研究到电动汽车项目，并不能掩盖一个事实，即美中两国领导人已大幅降低了下月哥本哈根气候变化会议上达成重大协定的可能性。
  30. 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。
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