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

• Saying "but its REST" and claiming that everything will be dynamic is a cop-out and it really just means you are lazy.
  说“但这是REST”（译者注：言外之意是这不是SOA）并声称所有的事情将是动态的，这样的说法就是一种借口，而实际上只能说明你懒。
• Jury thinks that's a cop-out.
  陪审团认为那是托词。
• He said: It's a cop-out if you ask me.
  他说：这是一个认罪，如果你问我。
• It's easy to adopt either of these analyses, but perhaps each is a bit of a cop-out.
  我们可以很容易地从这些分析中找到自己认可的一种，但也许每一种分析都有一点站不住脚。
• 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。
• I thought the end of the film was a bit of a cop-out.
  我觉得电影的结局有点避重就轻。
• 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'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。
• Instead of camping they stayed in a hotel; what a cop-out!
  们没有去野营，而是呆在旅店里；放弃了多可惜啊！
• 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。