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
- Jury thinks that's a cop-out.
陪审团认为那是托词。 - 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。 - The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out.
电影回避式的结局让人不满。 - 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。 - 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！ - 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。 - 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）。 - And, besides, many feel it's a cop-out.
此外，许多人认为这是一种逃避。 - 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。