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

• I have read the paper over.
  我把报纸全部看完了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sam puts a piece of paper over the food.
  萨姆用一张纸把食物盖起来。
• 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。
• Turn the paper over to the other side.
  把纸翻转到另一面。
• 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。
• 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。