1. explain away : 通过解释消除;
2. explain oneself : 说明自己意图, 为自己辩解;
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1. 解释;说明
If you explain something, you give details about it or describe it so that it can be understood.
2. 解释;辩解;说明…的理由
If you explain something that has happened, you give people reasons for it, especially in an attempt to justify it.
相关词组:explain away
1. serve as a reason or cause or justification of
e.g. Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work
Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again
Synonym: excuse
2. make plain and comprehensible
e.g. He explained the laws of physics to his students
Synonym: explicate
3. define
e.g. The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean