English Dictionary

gloss over

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞

(transitive, idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash. / (transitive, idiomatic) To treat something with less care than it deserves; to ignore.

日本語の意味

（誤りや犯罪などを）白状させないために隠す、覆い隠す / 十分な注意を払うべき事柄を軽視し、無視する

The audit report tried to gloss over the accounting errors, but external investigators eventually uncovered the fraud.

監査報告書は会計上の誤りを隠蔽しようとしたが、外部の調査員が最終的に不正を暴いた。

意味（1）

(transitive, idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.

They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.

意味（2）

(transitive, idiomatic) To treat something with less care than it deserves; to ignore.

This book only glosses over quantum mechanics, and doesn't go into detail.

glosses over （ present singular third-person ）

glossing over （ participle present ）

glossed over （ participle past ）

glossed over （ past ）