橘子朗文词典

explain away

E 开头单词

基本解释

  • 通过解释消除

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards.
    我的一生中从来没有犯过错误；至少没有事后解释不清的错误。
  • Some researchers have started using it to explain away the twin cosmological mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
    一些研究者已经开始利用它来解释暗物质和暗能量这两个伴生的宇宙学之谜。
  • The idea of a Nilotic invasion was a way to explain away the existence of sophisticated kingdoms in the heart of Africa.
    尼罗河人入侵的说法是为何在非洲心脏地带存在如此复杂的王国的一种解释而已。

    • 原声例句

  • I'm not the kind of person who makes it his business to try to explain away those things in physicalist, naturalistic, materialistic, scientific terms.
    我不是那种,喜欢用物理主义,自然主义,唯物主义的科学角度,来解释东西的人
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    • 权威例句

  • Differences in accounting standards often explain away some differences in valuation between U.S. and foreign stocks.
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  • Just imagine how a smooth-talking Streeter could explain away a lousy year in other fields.
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  • So they have come up with their own creative conspiracy theory to explain away the improvement.
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词组短语

    短语

  • explain sth away 为某事搪塞;为辩解
  • explain n away 搪塞
  • Unable to explain oneself away 无以自解
  • explain away a fault 为过失而辩解
  • explain away from the point 讲走题了

英英字典

    柯林斯英英字典

  • If someone explains away a 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.