apologia

noun

1. 书面辩解；辩解书；辩解文
   a formal written defence of your own or sb else's actions or opinions
   1. His book was seen as an apologia for the war.
      他的著作被视为是对这场战争的辩护。

1. N-COUNT 辩解；辩护；自辩书
   An apologia is a statement in which you defend something that you strongly believe in, for example a way of life, a person's behaviour, or a philosophy.
   1. The left have seen the work as an apologia for privilege and property.
      左派将此作品看成是为特权和所有权作的辩护。

1. The left have seen the work as an apologia for privilege and property.
   左派将此作品看成是为特权和所有权作的辩护。
2. Or pairing books with personality types: Apologia Pro Vita Sua for a budding Donald Trump and Crime and Punishment for a budding Conrad Black.
   或者把书和性格类型配对：比如《生命之歌》给正在崭露头角的唐纳德·特朗普，《罪与罚》给刚出道的康拉德·布莱克。
3. D magnificent apologia for the house of lords.
   为上议院所作的精彩辩解。
4. It still bore its original meaning in theology: Newman's Apologia pro Vita Sua was not an apology at all but a vigorous rebuttal of Charles Kingsley's charges.
   在神学中该词仍保留原来的意义：纽曼的《为吾生辩》（ApologiaproVitaSua）根本就不是什么道歉，而是对查尔士·金斯菜的指控所作的强硬辩驳。
5. After his death, it was found folded inside a copy of the book in which Heisenberg's apologia was published.
   他逝世后，人们在一本发表海森伯辩解的书里发现了这封折好了的信。
6. A version of the story that is an apologia for malfeasance;
   为渎职辩解的小说译本；
7. Bohr's unposted letter was written in response to Heisenberg's apologia.
   玻尔针对海森伯的辩解写下了这封未发出的信。
8. This pull-out page is one of many working notes that were bound together with Verbiest's printed eclipse predictions and his apologia of western astronomy for the Manchu court.
   因此呢，他学习研究中国《易经》的笔记被作为数学和天文学的文献资料而收藏。

noun

1. a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

   Synonym:    apology