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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Which the defense will try to explain away.
  辩方会努力解释那些的。
• He tried to explain away the stains on the carpet.
  他试图对地毯上的污点进行辩解。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。