查询词典 exculpation

In any case, the apology is a notoriously tricky speech act, one that frequently involves expedient self-exculpation rather than a genuine plea for forgiveness from another.

其实，在很多情况下，&我很抱歉。&这句话仅仅代表了讲话人的一种调皮的行为，一种适度的为自己错误的辩解，而并非说明说话人在请求对方谅解。

Yet, implausible as it may seem, swallowing his pride, mastering his instinct for self-exculpation and apologising for the recession might be Mr Brown's best hope of political recovery.

但，政治上，布朗要想恢复元气，放下架子、管好自我辩解的本能、为衰退道歉，这恐怕是布朗最大的希望了，尽管这样看上去好像是不可能的。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。