交代

(又作‘交待’)

1. hand over

♦ ~工作 hand over work to one's successor; brief one's successor on handing over work

2. explain; make clear; brief; tell

♦ 作者对此未作进一步~。 The author makes no further reference to this.

3. account for; justify oneself

♦ 这个问题你怎么~？ How are you going to account for this?

♦ ~不过去 be unable to justify an action

4. confess

♦ ~罪行 confess a crime

♦ 彻底~ make a clean breast of