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

• 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。
• Jury thinks that's a cop-out.
  陪审团认为那是托词。
• 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。
• It's easy to adopt either of these analyses, but perhaps each is a bit of a cop-out.
  我们可以很容易地从这些分析中找到自己认可的一种，但也许每一种分析都有一点站不住脚。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out.
  电影回避式的结局让人不满。
• 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。