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

• The company, eager to explain away that rather large gap, now attributes it at least in part to the use of a substantially different set of comparable companies to determine our price range as compared to the comparable companies utilized in our valuation report.
  在解释这两者间巨大差距的过程中，LinkedIn认为至少部分原因是因为确定发行价区域时，使用的可比同业组迥异于公司估值报告中采用的可比同业组。
• She managed to explain away my doubts.
  她的解释消除了我的怀疑。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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***、***红外光谱与结构的关系。
• 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。
• 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。