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
- 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。 - 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! - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He tried to explain away the stains on the carpet.
他试图对地毯上的污点进行辩解。 - 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。