| 释义 |
skate over/round/around sth
skate over/round/around sth — phrasal verb with skate /skeɪt/ verb [I + adv/prep, T]
► F0 to avoid dealing completely with something or to fail to pay enough attention to it: » Providing homeless people with somewhere to stay when the weather is cold only skates round the problem, it doesn't solve it.» I didn't understand what the teacher said about prepositions, because she only skated over it.Thesaurus+: ↑Treating as unimportant , ↑Neglecting and ignoring , ↑Not paying attention |