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
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- Not turning up was just a cop-out.
不露面只不过是在逃避而已。
- Not turning up was just a cop-out.
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.- To decline to vote is a cop-out...
拒绝投票就是一种逃避。 - 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...
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Jury thinks that's a cop-out.
陪审团认为那是托词。 - 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。 - He said: It's a cop-out if you ask me.
他说：这是一个认罪，如果你问我。 - Most of the enterprise implementation process to the end into a "cop-out" oreven "settle a matter by leaving it unsettled" embarrassing position.
大多数企业的实施过程到最后都陷入了虎头蛇尾甚至不了了之的尴尬境地。 - And, besides, many feel it's a cop-out.
此外，许多人认为这是一种逃避。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。