smoothed over

Government-to-government disputes between friendly governments usually take place in private and are smoothed over in public.

关系友好的政府之间出现争议通常是在私下进行，这些争议在公开场合会被淡化下来。

Thus the personal difficulty was smoothed over for the moment.

这样，私人方面的纠葛暂时消除了。

They beat their wings very hard and the powder on them formed little clouds that the winds smoothed over like glass.

他们拼命地拍打翅膀，上面的粉末形成了一小片云彩，云彩被风儿抚平，就象玻璃一样。

That row has now been smoothed over and BP has made pots of money from TNK-BP.

那一次的争吵现在已经平息，英石油也从秋明BP公司身上赚了不少钱。

For this reason I look at a longer time frame so that anomalies, seasonality and business cycles are smoothed over.

基于此我从一个更长的期限来评估，这样就可以缓解异常状况、季节性和商业周期的影响。

They have usually been smoothed over quickly.

这些冲突一般都是很快敷衍了过去。