We need to discuss disagreements honestly without papering over the cracks.

【paper】我们应该开诚布公地讨论分歧而不是隐瞒。

It needed the pretty light papering of the rooms to reconcile them to Milton. It needed more — more that could not be had.

房间需要漂亮浅色纸，才能使它们与米尔顿相协调。它需要更多——更多是得不到。

According to Giotta, the laugh track wasn't originally about papering over terrible jokes and missed punchlines, but rather a way to control the unpredictable responses of studio audiences that were a hold over from radio broadcast days.

据 Giotta 说，笑声轨最初并不是为低俗笑话和防止错过笑点，而是一种控制演播室观众不可预测反应方式，就像在播出广播节目日子里一样。

But what's really happened in the intervening months is investor enthusiasm for China's reopening story has really fallen off a cliff as it's become clear that lockdowns were papering over more systemic problems with the economy.

但在接下来几个月里，真正发生事情是，投资者对中国重新开放故事热情确实已经断崖式下跌，因为很明显，封锁经济中更多系统性问题。