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
- 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。 - Which the defense will try to explain away.
辩方会努力解释那些的。 - 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。 - She managed to explain away my doubts.
她的解释消除了我的怀疑。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。