exculpate
exculpate 英 [ˈekskʌlpeɪt] 美 [ˈɛkskəlˌpet, ɪkˈskʌl-]
vt. 开脱；使无罪
进行时:exculpating 过去式:exculpated 过去分词:exculpated 第三人称单数:exculpates
- To exculpate means to find someone not guilty of criminal charges. If you've been wrongly accused of robbery, you'd better hope a judge will exculpate you, unless you want to go to jail because you've heard prison food is amazing.
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- vt. 开脱；使无罪
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1. The writer of the news made all efforts to find some reasons to exculpate Yao Jiaxin.
这个新闻撰写者，挖空心思，尽一切力量，不遗余力地，想给他（指药家鑫）找出一点开脱的理由来。
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2. Now you must face them frankly, facing these situations, your instinctive action is “escaping then covering up”, trying to exculpate yourself from the trouble.
现在你必须要坦白面对他们。 面对这些情形，本能的反应是“先逃避后掩盖”，想尽办法为自己开脱。
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3. But there is a troubling subtext: the author’s attempts to exculpate himself.
不过令人烦恼的是，作者总打算替自己开脱。
- exculpate (v.) "to clear from suspicion of wrong or guilt," 1650s, from Medieval Latin exculpatus, past participle of exculpare, from Latin ex culpa, from ex "out of" (see ex-) + culpa ablative of culpa "blame, fault." Related: Exculpated; exculpating.
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