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

• 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。
• Be honest and give a real answer and not a cop-out one.
  请诚实回答不要逃避。
• And, besides, many feel it's a cop-out.
  此外，许多人认为这是一种逃避。
• Alternative energy sounds like a cop-out.
  替代能源听起来像个幌子。
• 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。
• To pin the blame on culture is the ultimate cop-out.
  把责任推给文化是最站不住脚的借口。
• Any hard decisions have been given to a commission& a cop-out that condemns workers and firms to more crippling uncertainty about how the country's fiscal mess will be tackled.
  任何艰难的决定都推给了委员会&这种逃避行为迫使工人和企业越发不确定该国的财政混乱局面将如何收拾。
• 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。
• Instead of camping they stayed in a hotel; what a cop-out!
  们没有去野营，而是呆在旅店里；放弃了多可惜啊！
• 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。