They papered over their disagreements [=they pretended that they did not disagree] in order to convince the investors to put up the money.为了使投资者相信并投资，他们掩盖了分歧。

(chiefly Brit) We have to acknowledge these problems. We can't just paper over the cracks.我们必须承认这些问题，不能只是掩饰。