self-justification ['self,dʒʌstifi'keiʃən]

英汉解释

n. 自我辩白

同义词

n. alibi，exculpation，excuse

参考例句

1. The demon's weak attempt at self-justification did not deceive either of the horrified night elves.
恶魔苍白无力的自我辩解很显然没有骗到两位被震动的暗夜精灵。
2. It is in that process of reducing dissonance that the self-justification accelerator is throttled up.
就是在减轻这种失调的过程当中，自我合理化的加速器才开大起来。
3. Tavris and Aronson focus on so-called self-justification, which "allows people to convince themselves that what they did was the best thing they could have done."
塔夫里斯与阿隆森把重点放在所谓的「自我合理化」上，也就是「让人相信自己的作为已经是再好不过的了」。

英英解释

n.
  1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

网络释义

self-justification
自圆其说; 自我正当化; 自我申辩; 自我辯護;