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。
• He said: It's a cop-out if you ask me.
  他说：这是一个认罪，如果你问我。
• 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。
• The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out.
  电影回避式的结局让人不满。
• And, besides, many feel it's a cop-out.
  此外，许多人认为这是一种逃避。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is an unbelievable cop-out!
  你这算是什么藉口！
• 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）。