自圆其说 meaning in English
make out a good case (for oneself); fill up gaps in one's theory; give a satisfactory explanation of what one has said [done]; justify oneself; make one's case sound plausible; make one's argument consistent and not self-contradictory; make one's statement consistent; patch up the breach oneself; self-justification
Examples
- The models are theoretically self-consistent .
这些模型在理论上能够自圆其说。 - It doesn't commend itself to reason .
这无法自圆其说。 - He could not bear this continual paradox in which he and the other officers lived .
他们这些当官的天天都在无法自圆其说的处境中过日子，他实在受不了。 - Let's take it from the beginning again, he would say, and watson would tell the same incredible story .
他会说，咱们从头再来一遍吧，沃森又会把那不能自圆其说的故事重复一遍。 - Rowling will have to think up something clever for this one
罗琳必须想一个高明的籍口才能自圆其说。