单词 | explain away |
释义 | explain away phrasal verb B2 See full dictionary entry for explain 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. He evaded her questions about the war and tried to explain away the atrocities. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I had noticed blood on my husband's clothing but he explained it away. [VERB noun PARTICLE] |
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