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
- He tried to explain away the stains on the carpet.
他试图对地毯上的污点进行辩解。 - 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！ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - China can no longer explain away inflation as a short-term result of floods and epidemics of animal disease nor can it ignore the strains its macroeconomic policies are producing.
中国再也无法用洪水的短期影响和牲畜传染病来解释通胀，同时也不能再对宏观经济政策造成的紧张视若无睹。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。