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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 acts in disregard of principle, often trying to paper over differences.
  他办事不讲原则，爱和稀泥。
• Could you fling the paper over here?
  请把那张报纸扔给我好吗？
• 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。