explain away

基本解釋

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards.
我的一生中從來(lái)沒有犯過(guò)錯(cuò)誤；至少?zèng)]有事後解釋不清的錯(cuò)誤。
Some researchers have started using it to explain away the twin cosmological mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
一些研究者已經(jīng)開始利用它來(lái)解釋暗物質(zhì)和暗能量這兩個(gè)伴生的宇宙學(xué)之謎。
The idea of a Nilotic invasion was a way to explain away the existence of sophisticated kingdoms in the heart of Africa.
尼羅河人入侵的說(shuō)法是爲(wèi)何在非洲心髒地帶存在如此複襍的王國(guó)的一種解釋而已。

I'm not the kind of person who makes it his business to try to explain away those things in physicalist, naturalistic, materialistic, scientific terms.
我不是那種,喜歡用物理主義,自然主義,唯物主義的科學(xué)角度,來(lái)解釋東西的人
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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.