cop-outs

英 [kɒp aʊts]

美 [kɑːp aʊts]

n.  逃避(或躲避)的方法; (不做某事的)借口
cop-out的复数

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。