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

• But he does not just admit oneself is, always tries to explain away for oneself.
  可是他偏偏却不承认自己是，总会为自己辩解。
• Don't try to explain away the situation. If you have made mistakes, just admit them.
  不要再分辩了，有错误就承认嘛！
• She tried to explain away the missing money.
  她试图为丢失的钱辩解。
• 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。
• 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。
• You will find it difficult to explain away your use of such offensive language.
  你使用这样无礼的语言是很难说得过去的。
• 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。
• Explain away late arrival by blaming it on traffic jam.
  迟到的人喜欢把原因归结为交通阻塞。
• 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。
• 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。