cop out

基本解釋

That said, it seems like a cop out to say the best way to compete with Facebook’s version of social is not social, but mobile.
有人說，與Facebook版本的社交網絡相抗衡的最好辦法不是社交而是轉向移動設備。這種說法看起來似乎有點逃避的意味。
Yet, after coming close to reaching this point, some then cop out by claiming they don’ t have any willpower, as if there was a willpower gene that somehow they are lacking.
然而，在認識到這一點之后，有些人逃避了，說他們沒有任何意志力，好像意志力是某種基因，而他們缺少這種基因一樣。
I am less disturbed by action movies like this, which are frankly about nothing, than by action movies like " Windtalkers, " which pretend to be about something and then cop out.
我很少對這樣簡單直接的動作電影感到困惑，《風語者》與此相比就顯得裝作要表現(xiàn)某些深刻的東西，但最后卻沒能成功。

While this is certainly true to some extent, it may also be a cop out.
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"I always felt that in a lot of ways that was a cop out, " he says.
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But that would be a cop out.
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If you say that someone is copping out, you mean that they are avoiding doing something they should do.