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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

    • That is an unbelievable cop-out!
      你这算是什么藉口!
    • And, besides, many feel it's a cop-out.
      此外,许多人认为这是一种逃避。
    • 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。
    • But it has the disadvantage of being a shameful cop-out as if you are forecasting it is your job to imagine those ways – and to tell us what they are.
      但它的缺点在于它逃避了应尽的责任:如果你要作预测,就该由你来想象这些方式,并告诉我们这些方式是什么。
    • Alternative energy sounds like a cop-out.
      替代能源听起来像个幌子。
    • Saying "but its REST" and claiming that everything will be dynamic is a cop-out and it really just means you are lazy.
      说“但这是REST”(译者注:言外之意是这不是SOA)并声称所有的事情将是动态的,这样的说法就是一种借口,而实际上只能说明你懒。
    • 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!
    • 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)。
    • Jury thinks that's a cop-out.
      陪审团认为那是托词。
    • Telling him you're ill sounds like a cop-out to me.
      跟他说你病了在我扣起来像是借口。