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Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
explain away
[
phrasal verb
]
1
explain away (something)
or
explain (something) away
:
to make (something) seem less important by telling how it happened, what caused it, etc.
搪塞;敷衍应对
It will be hard for his lawyers to
explain away
this new evidence.
要把这一新的证据搪塞过去对他的律师来说并不容易。
She tried to
explain
her symptoms
away
by insisting she was just overtired.
她试图搪塞自己的病症,坚持说自己不过是太累了。
2
:
to give a reason for (a fault, a mistake, etc.) so that you will not be blamed for it
为…做辩解;找借口
They've tried to
explain away
the delays, citing computer problems.
他们试图为一系列延误找借口,说是电脑出了问题。
⇒ Main Entry:
explain
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
explain away
verb
explained away
;
explaining away
;
explains away
transitive verb
1
:
to get rid of by or as if by explanation
2
:
to minimize the significance of by or as if by explanation
explains his faults, but does not try to
explain
them
away
M. K. Spears
Synonyms
account (for)
attribute
explain
rationalize
Example Sentences
after the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to
explain away
the nation's unpreparedness
tried to
explain away
his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature
Word History
First Known Use
1688, in the meaning defined at
sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of
explain away
was in 1688
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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