2021年5月19日 星期三

paper over sth, Turn Philippines Back Into Asia’s Laggard

 The pandemic has exposed structural weaknesses that the boom in the Philippines economy papered over.

paper over sth

— phrasal verb with paper verb T ]
UK 
 
/ˈpeɪ.pər/
 US 
 
/ˈpeɪ.pɚ/

to hide an unpleasant situation, especially a problem or disagreement, in order to make people believe that it does not exist or is not serious:
He tried to paper over the country's deep-seated problems.


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