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

• Be honest and give a real answer and not a cop-out one.
  请诚实回答不要逃避。
• 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。
• Alternative energy sounds like a cop-out.
  替代能源听起来像个幌子。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is an unbelievable cop-out!
  你这算是什么藉口！
• 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。
• 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。