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

• He tried to explain away his lateness, but we didn't accept his excuse.
  他竭力为自己迟到辩解，但是，我们不相信他的托词。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many of my clients find ways to explain away this feeling of being bored.
  我的许多顾客会找法子来解释那不是无聊的感觉。
• 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。
• Which the defense will try to explain away.
  辩方会努力解释那些的。
• His desperate efforts to explain away his remarks were unsuccessful.
  他对自己的话拼命辩解也无济于事。
• 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。
• She managed to explain away my doubts.
  她的解释消除了我的怀疑。
• The dip in orders is that rare piece of bad business news that companies may not be able to explain away by citing the struggling economy.
  现在，许多问题都可以用经济低迷来解释，而套餐购买量减少却是少数几个例外之一。