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

• For most traits, however, these don't seem sufficient to explain away the substantial heritability estimates that are found for traits such as height, reading ability and sensation-seeking.
  然而，对于许多特性，这并不足够的去解释遗传性的实质，评估建立特性，例如身高、阅读能力和感觉探索。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Despite internal warning signs, leaders fixate on positive external results to explain away the growing array of negative data, or define problems as passing, temporary ones.
  尽管企业内部已经出现了危机的征兆，但领导者仍热衷于外部喜讯，并借此为不断增长的负面数据开脱，或是把问题定义为偶然和暂时的。
• The man could not explain away the gun and the marked money from the bank robbery that the police found in his ear.
  这个人未能解释清楚警察在他车上发现的枪以及从银行抢劫来的带有记号的钱。
• My mind went into such a spin-control mode, trying to explain away what he'd said.
  我的脑子立即进入扭转控制阶段，试图为他的话进行解密。