cop-out

英 [ˈkɒp aʊt]

美 [ˈkɑːp aʊt]

n.  逃避(或躲避)的方法; (不做某事的)借口

复数：cop-outs　

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 逃避（或躲避）的方法；（不做某事的）借口
  a way of avoiding doing sth that you should do, or an excuse for not doing it
  1. Not turning up was just a cop-out.
     不露面只不过是在逃避而已。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 逃避（或躲避）的方法
  If you refer to something as acop-out, you think that it is a way for someone to avoid doing something that they should do.
  1. To decline to vote is a cop-out...
     拒绝投票就是一种逃避。
  2. The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out.
     电影回避式的结局让人不满。

双语例句

• He said: It's a cop-out if you ask me.
  他说：这是一个认罪，如果你问我。
• In the end the G20 avoided public disagreement only by backing away from binding goals and resorting to a familiar cop-out: punting the issue to the International Monetary Fund.
  最终G20之所以没有产生公开分歧，一是因为绕开了具有约束力的目标，二是因为又使出了惯用的逃避手段&把问题踢给了国际货币基金组织（IMF）。
• The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out.
  电影回避式的结局让人不满。
• To decline to vote is a cop-out
  拒绝投票就是一种逃避。
• Be honest and give a real answer and not a cop-out one.
  请诚实回答不要逃避。
• Wu: So the cop-out way of naming is deliberately made.
  巫：所以这种虚晃一枪式的起名方法是有意为之的。
• Jimmy was known to the team as a cop-out because he never showed up for important games.
  队里都知道吉米是个喜欢临阵脱逃的人，凡是重要比赛都不见他人影。
• While we usually think of it as a cop-out, a way for someone to spare our feelings, the reality is that it is actually true.
  通常我们认为这种说法是一种逃避，也是一种舒缓我们感受的方式，而事实上这说法确实是对的。
• And, besides, many feel it's a cop-out.
  此外，许多人认为这是一种逃避。
• That's just a cop-out. Just be brave and tell the truth.
  那只是借口，勇敢一点实话实说。