explain away

英 [ɪkˈspleɪn əˈweɪ]

美 [ɪkˈspleɪn əˈweɪ]

为…辩解; 搪塞

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 为…辩解；搪塞
If someoneexplains awaya mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it is unimportant or that it is not really their fault.
1. He evaded her questions about the war and tried to explain away the atrocities...
  他回避了她有关战争的问题，极力为那些暴行辩解。
2. I had noticed blood on my husband's clothing but he explained it away.
  我注意到丈夫的衣服上有血迹，但是被他搪塞过去了。

双语例句

These two terms, it is not hard to explain away the reasons for high prices.
这两个词，这不是很难解释离开的原因，高价格。
That has not deterred economists from trying to explain away the 17th-century Dutch tulip mania as a rational reflection of an acute imbalance of supply and demand for rare bulbs: no matter that the price of garden variety tulips went through the roof, too.
这并没有阻碍经济学家对17世纪荷兰郁金香泡沫进行辩解，称其是稀有花卉供求急性失衡的合理反映，尽管普通郁金香的价格当时也出现飙升。
I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I can not explain away afterwards.
我一生未曾犯过错误，至少，没犯过在事后不能解释过去的错误。
When defects are triaged and reviewed, we often explain away the reasons for the defect.
当缺陷被修复和评审的时候，我们经常为缺陷自圆其说。
It filled me with special satisfaction as I had just been doing some detailed textual analysis of the letters that hedge funds have sent out to investors in the last few weeks to explain away their abominable performance in the third quarter.
这件事让我感到特高兴，因为我刚好在对对冲基金过去几周寄给投资者的信件原文做一些详细分析。这些信是为了解释清楚他们第三季度的业绩为何那么糟糕。
To some degree, we may be able to literally explain away many devastating physical problems.
从某个程度来说，我们也许可以真正地将许多破坏性的身体问题通过解释给消除。
He tried to explain away the stains on the carpet.
他试图对地毯上的污点进行辩解。
1 don't know how you're going to explain away that dent you made in your dad's car.
我不知道你将如何解释清楚你在你爸爸车上弄的凹痕。
Until now, attempts to explain away the lithium problem have involved secondary modifications of the amount around.
直到现在，极力解开锂之难题的尝试牵涉到了元素量的二次变异。
He evaded her questions about the war and tried to explain away the atrocities
他回避了她有关战争的问题，极力为那些暴行辩解。