It's very difficult to rationalize away any unsatisfactory results.

对于不满意的结果，为其辩护是困难的。

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Certainly, cheating on one's spouse is not something to rationalize away, but behind such behavior there's a common pattern.

当然，配偶中的欺骗行为无需多言，但在其表现的背后却有着一个共同的模式。

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We then sort through the body of data and select those that most confirm what we already believe, and ignore or rationalize away those that do not.

然后我们会在一 堆数据 中，挑选出那些最 能确认我们信念的，而忽略或找个理由排除那些不符合的。

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Today, we make the same arguments and rationalize away increases in gas and food prices as temporary supply imbalances.

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Why the surprising show of solidarity--especially from the Times, which has labored mightily to rationalize away the other big Obama scandals, around Benghazi and the Internal Revenue service?

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Many were skeptical of that report, but not of the reports that Deloitte had deliberately avoided reviewing troublesome cases and had helped rationalize away any potential errors found by consultants.

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