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.- 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 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。
- He evaded her questions about the war and tried to explain away the atrocities...
双语例句
- 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。 - 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! - 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。 - She tried to explain away the missing money.
她试图为丢失的钱辩解。 - Which the defense will try to explain away.
辩方会努力解释那些的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。