EXPLAIN AWAY

[ıkʹspleınəʹweı] phr v

explain away
[ıkʹspleınəʹweı] phr v
отделываться (поверхностным) объяснением; оправдываться, отговариваться
it will be difficult to ~ this error - найти оправдания для этой ошибки будет трудно
to ~ the difficulties - изобразить дело так, как будто никаких трудностей нет
to explain and ~ anti-social behaviour - объяснять и оправдывать антиобщественные поступки, подыскивать объяснения и оправдания антиобщественному поведению

{v.} To explain (something) so that it does not seem true or important. * /John explained away his unfinished homework by showing the teacher his broken arm in a cast./ * /It is hard to explain away Abraham Lincoln's dream about being dead, which he had a few days before he was shot./ * /The man could not explain away the gun and the marked money from the bank robbery that the police found in his car./

{v.} To explain (something) so that it does not seem true or important. * /John explained away his unfinished homework by showing the teacher his broken arm in a cast./ * /It is hard to explain away Abraham Lincoln's dream about being dead, which he had a few days before he was shot./ * /The man could not explain away the gun and the marked money from the bank robbery that the police found in his car./

фраз. гл. оправдываться; объяснять свою невиновность; приводить доводы в свою защиту The criminal tried to explain away the false signature, but it was clear that he was guilty. — Преступник пытался как-то объяснить появление поддельной подписи, но было ясно, что он виновен.

explain away оправдываться The criminal tried to explain away the falsesignature, but it was clear that he was guilty.

оправдываться, отговариваться

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