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。 - 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。 - 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。 - For most traits, however, these don't seem sufficient to explain away the substantial heritability estimates that are found for traits such as height, reading ability and sensation-seeking.
然而，对于许多特性，这并不足够的去解释遗传性的实质，评估建立特性，例如身高、阅读能力和感觉探索。 - She tried to explain away the missing money.
她试图为丢失的钱辩解。 - These two terms, it is not hard to explain away the reasons for high prices.
这两个词，这不是很难解释离开的原因，高价格。 - 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。 - 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。 - He tried to explain away the stains on the carpet.
他试图对地毯上的污点进行辩解。