| 单词 | explain away |
| 释义 | explain awaySEE SYNONYMS FOR explain away ON THESAURUS.COM verb(tr, adverb) to offer excuses or reasons for (bad conduct, mistakes, etc) Words nearby explain awayexpire, expired gas, expiry, expiscate, explain, explain away, explainer, explain oneself, explanate, explanation, explanatory Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with explain awayexplain away Dismiss or minimize the importance of something, especially something detrimental. For example, “His words were taken down, and though he tried to explain them away, he was sent to the Tower” (Thomas Macaulay, The History of England, 1855). [c. 1700] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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