skate over/aroundsth
—phrasal verbwithskateverb[I+ adv/prep,T]uk/skeɪt/us/skeɪt/
(UKalsoskate round sth)toavoiddealingcompletelywith something or tofailtopayenoughattentionto it
对…一带而过；对…轻描淡写
Providinghomelesspeoplewithsomewheretostaywhen theweatheriscoldonlyskatesaround theproblem, it doesn'tsolveit.只在天冷的时候为无家可归者提供住处，这只是治标不治本的做法，并不能真正解决问题。
I didn'tunderstandwhat theteachersaid aboutprepositions, because she onlyskatedover it.我不明白老师所讲的关于介词的内容，因为她只是一带而过讲了一下。