| 释义 | paper over the cracksidiom
 to hide problems, especially arguments between people, in order to make a situation seem better than it really is: 掩盖(尤指人与人之间的争执)
 She tried to paper over the cracks, but I could see that the relationship was failing.她试图掩盖存在的问题,但我能看出他们的关系每况愈下。
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Hiding and disguising
 be holed upidiom
 booby trap
 camo
 camouflaged
 cloak
 drown
 fig leaf
 hit the deckidiom
 hole up (somewhere)
 illusion
 illusionistically
 illusively
 lurk
 secrete
 shroud
 shut someone/something out
 sidle
 skulk
 smokescreen
 stash
 
 
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