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

• 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。
• 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。
• She tried to explain away the missing money.
  她试图为丢失的钱辩解。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。