sleek over
片語動詞所屬單字sleek
sleek over — 片語動詞
1. to deliberately describe something bad or unpleasant in a way that makes it seem
1.片語動詞
釋義
粉飾;帶過
to deliberately describe something bad or unpleasant in a way that makes it seem less serious, by hiding the most negative parts.
例句
The company sleeked over the job losses by calling them an early retirement plan.
Ms. Chen noticed that Ravi had solved three equations incorrectly, but instead of marking them wrong, he sleeked over the mistakes with a vague "good try" — the next day, Ravi made the same errors again.