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.
  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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Could you fling the paper over here?
  请把那张报纸扔给我好吗？
• 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。
• Don't litter the paper over the floor.
  不要在地板上乱丢纸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。