| 释义 | 
		      past tense of gloss (over)    1       as in glozed (over)   to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses I don't want to gloss over her misbehavior, but keep in mind that she's been under a lot of stress lately       -  
  glozed (over)      -  
  explained away      -  
  excused      -  
  justified      -  
  explained      -  
  whitewashed      -  
  deodorized      -  
  palliated      -  
  extenuated      -  
  played down      -  
  minimized      -  
  accounted (for)      -  
  confessed      -  
  varnished      -  
  apologized      -  
  rationalized      -  
  atoned      -  
  sugarcoated      -  
  softened      -  
  mitigated      -  
  alleviated      -  
  tempered      -  
  lightened      -  
  acquitted      -  
  moderated      -  
  exonerated      -  
  lessened      -  
  exculpated      -  
  vindicated      -  
  eased      -  
  absolved      -  
  soft-pedaled      -  
  cleared                         2       as in ignored   to dismiss as of little importance this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws       -  
  ignored      -  
  overlooked      -  
  passed over      -  
  explained      -  
  justified      -  
  pardoned      -  
  papered over      -  
  shrugged off      -  
  glozed (over)      -  
  disregarded      -  
  excused      -  
  blinked (at)      -  
  discounted      -  
  winked (at)      -  
  forgave and forgot      -  
  condoned      -  
  brushed (aside or off)      -  
  closed one's eyes to      -  
  whitewashed      -  
  forgave      -  
  remitted      -  
  overpassed      -  
  rationalized      -  
  acquitted      -  
  exonerated      -  
  waived      -  
  exculpated      -  
  vindicated      -  
  absolved      -  
  cleared      -  
  waved (aside or off)                   -  
  objected (to)      -  
  marked      -  
  noted      -  
  heeded      -  
  minded                             |