2. But there is a troubling subtext: the author’s attempts to exculpate himself. 不过令人烦恼的是，作者总打算替自己开脱。
3. Conservative writers quickly used the insanity defense to exculpate the Palins and the Bachmanns. 保守派作家迅速用精神问题为Plains和Bachmanns开脱。
4. The diary is not the one who will always update, but it is only the note of someday, I begin to exculpate from my giving up in the midway. “日记”绝非“天天记”而是“某天的记录”，我又开始为自己的“三分钟热度”辩解了。
5. Now you must face them frankly, facing these situations, your instinctive action is "escaping then covering up", trying to exculpate yourself from the trouble. 现在你必须要坦白面对他们。面对这些情形，本能的反应是“先逃避后掩盖”，想尽办法为自己开脱。
