1·She concocted some elaborate story to explain her absence.
她精心编造了解释她不在场的一些谎言。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·A: The next day we had to do a press release to announce my absence as prime minister, but were unsure how to explain this.
答：第二天，我们必须出一份新闻发布稿，宣布我不能作为首相露面，但我们不知道如何进行解释。
3·Its President, Masataka Shimizu, is being lambasted for falling ill (some say going AWOL) during the emergency; the company has yet to explain his absence.
其总裁清水正孝被谴责在这个危机时刻病倒(有些说是擅离职守)，公司至今还未给出其缺席原因。
4·To be sure, psychological addiction can exist in the absence of physical substance dependence — how else to explain compulsive gambling?
可以肯定的是，心理成瘾有其物质基础- - -否则嗜赌成瘾作何解释？
5·“I’m sorry for having missed class the other day, ” I began, and because I felt obliged to explain my absence I told them the truth.
“很抱歉错过了上次的课程，”我这样开始，因为我觉得必须解释一下缺课的原因。 我要把真实的情况告诉他们。
6·Their absence helps explain the massive disparity in costs between Western and emerging-world treatments.
这就解释了为什么西方和新兴市场国家医疗支出差距如此之大。
7·You really have to explain this about your absence.
你真地必须就你的缺席做个解释。
8·Nobody could explain his absence.
没有人能解释他缺席的原因。
9·He made up a story to explain his absence.
他编造谎言为他的缺席开脱。
10·The boys playing truant cooked up an excuse to explain their absence from school.
逃学的男孩编造借口来解释他们为什么不上学。