show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
show to be right by providing justification or proof
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
let off the hook
adjust the spaces between words
例句
用作名词 (n.)
The fellow-travellers'service usually consisted of justifying all the tergiversations of Soviet intenal and foreign policy. 同路人的服务通常包括对苏联国内外政策中一切互相矛盾之处进行辩护。