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

• Which the defense will try to explain away.
  辩方会努力解释那些的。
• 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。
• She tried to explain away the missing money.
  她试图为丢失的钱辩解。
• She managed to explain away my doubts.
  她的解释消除了我的怀疑。
• 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。
• Despite internal warning signs, leaders fixate on positive external results to explain away the growing array of negative data, or define problems as passing, temporary ones.
  尽管企业内部已经出现了危机的征兆，但领导者仍热衷于外部喜讯，并借此为不断增长的负面数据开脱，或是把问题定义为偶然和暂时的。
• He tried to explain away the stains on the carpet.
  他试图对地毯上的污点进行辩解。
• 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。
• 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！