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

• And, besides, many feel it's a cop-out.
  此外，许多人认为这是一种逃避。
• Alternative energy sounds like a cop-out.
  替代能源听起来像个幌子。
• 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。
• To decline to vote is a cop-out
  拒绝投票就是一种逃避。
• He said: It's a cop-out if you ask me.
  他说：这是一个认罪，如果你问我。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is an unbelievable cop-out!
  你这算是什么藉口！
• 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。
• 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。