| 单词 | explain something ↔ away |
| 释义 | explain something ↔ awayexplain something ↔ away phrasal verbphr v REASONto make something seem less important or bad by giving reasons for it 为〔某事〕作辩解 The difference in the treatment they receive is hard to explain away. 很难为他们受到的不同待遇辩解。 Examples from the Corpus explain away• But the responses at the moment range from making excuses to explaining the problems away.• I had explained myself, as I always did, but I could scarcely explain myself away.• Not only do they not do this but when presented with such evidence they explain it away.• Some try to explain the miracles away and say that they did not happen.• To explain something is not to explain it away and to understand something is not to underestimate its value.• As much as he tried to explain it away, he just got in deeper.• But because of the evidence neither can we explain it away: there is the beginning of the rationality of faith.• I hung it as a joke, but I stopped trying to explain it away to guests when they commented. → explain something ↔ away at explain(2) |
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