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 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。 - His desperate efforts to explain away his remarks were unsuccessful.
他对自己的话拼命辩解也无济于事。 - 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。 - 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。 - She managed to explain away my doubts.
她的解释消除了我的怀疑。 - To some degree, we may be able to literally explain away many devastating physical problems.
从某个程度来说,我们也许可以真正地将许多破坏性的身体问题通过解释给消除。 - The man could not explain away the gun and the marked money from the bank robbery that the police found in his ear.
这个人未能解释清楚警察在他车上发现的枪以及从银行抢劫来的带有记号的钱。 - 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。 - 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。 - You will find it difficult to explain away your use of such offensive language.
你使用这样无礼的语言是很难说得过去的。