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

• 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。
• She managed to explain away my doubts.
  她的解释消除了我的怀疑。
• She tried to explain away the missing money.
  她试图为丢失的钱辩解。
• 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。
• 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。
• For a man to excuse himself in this way and stop listening is much better than trying to explain away her hurt.
  男人这样先行道歉及停止倾听，比试图去分析她的伤害好得多。
• Method Explain away relationship between the spectra with structure characteristics of morphine Hydrochoride and caffeine.
  方法用红外光谱法有针对性地选择特征峰，探明盐酸吗啡、咖啡因红外光谱与结构的关系。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。