英 [ɪkˈskjuːs] 美 [ɪkˈskjuːs]
n. 借口，托词；正当理由；宽恕，赦免；拙劣样品，蹩脚货；<美>（医生或父母为学生写的）病假条，请假条
v. 原谅，宽恕；辩解，开脱；准许……离开；同意免除
复数excuses
第三人称单数excuses
现在分词excusing
过去式excused
过去分词excused
excuse // CET4 TEM4 [ excusing excused excuses ]
可数名词 An excuse is a reason that you give in order to explain why something has been done or has not been done, or in order to avoid doing something. 借口
It is easy to find excuses for his indecisiveness.
为他的优柔寡断寻找借口是件容易的事。
If you stop making excuses and do it you'll wonder what took you so long.
如果你停止辩解而开始行动，你就会惊讶是什么让你耗费了这么长的时间。
习语 If you say that there is no excuse for something, you are emphasizing that it should not happen, or expressing disapproval that it has happened. 没有理由
There's no excuse for behaviour like that.
像那样的行为毫无道理。
及物动词 To excuse someone or excuse their behaviour means to provide reasons for their actions, especially when other people disapprove of these actions. 为…开脱
He excused himself by saying he was "forced to rob to maintain my wife and cat."
他为自己开脱，说是“为养活妻子和猫才迫不得已去抢劫的”。
及物动词 If you excuse someone for something wrong that they have done, you forgive them for it. 原谅
Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities.
很多人也许已经原谅他们逃避一些责任的行为了。
及物动词 If someone is excused from a duty or responsibility, they are told that they do not have to carry it out. 免除…的责任
She is usually excused from her duties during the summer holiday.
在暑期她一般不必担负责任。
及物动词 If you excuse yourself, you use a phrase such as "Excuse me" as a polite way of saying that you are about to leave. 准许…离开
He excused himself and went up to his room.
他礼貌地告辞后便上楼去了自己的房间。
习惯表达 You say "Excuse me" when you want to politely get someone's attention, especially when you are about to ask them a question. 打扰一下 (用于礼貌地引起某人的注意)
Excuse me, but are you Mr. Honig?
打扰一下，请问您就是霍尼格先生吗？
习惯表达 You use excuse me to apologize to someone when you have disturbed or interrupted them. 对不起 (用于因打扰或打断某人而表示歉意)
Excuse me interrupting, but there's something I need to say.
恕我打断一下，但有件事我需要说。
习惯表达 You use excuse me or a phrase such as if you'll excuse me as a polite way of indicating that you are about to leave or that you are about to stop talking to someone. 失陪 (用于礼貌地表示要离开或中断谈话)
"Excuse me," she said to José, and left the room.
“失陪了，”她对乔赛说，然后离开了那个房间。
习惯表达 You use excuse me, but to indicate that you are about to disagree with someone. 抱歉，不过 (用于礼貌地表示不赞成)
Excuse me, but I want to know what all this has to do with us.
抱歉，不过我想知道这一切和我们有什么关系。
习语 You say excuse me to apologize when you have bumped into someone, or when you need to move past someone in a crowd. 抱歉; 借过 (用于因撞上别人或需要从人群中挤过表示歉意)
Saying excuse me, Seaton pushed his way into the crowded living room.
西顿一边嘴里说着“借过”，一边奋力挤进了拥挤的客厅。
习惯表达 You say excuse me to apologize when you have done something slightly embarrassing or impolite, such as burping, hiccuping, or sneezing. 不好意思 (用于因打嗝、打喷嚏等尴尬失礼行为而表示歉意)
习惯表达 You say "Excuse me?" to show that you want someone to repeat what they have just said. 请再说一遍
"Excuse me?" Kate said, not sure she'd heard correctly.
“能再说一遍吗？”凯特说道，不确信自己有没有听对。
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
he kept finding excuses to stay
同义词： alibi / exculpation / self-justification
a note explaining an absence
he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
serve as a reason or cause or justification of
Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work
同义词： explain
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
同义词： apologize / apologise / justify / rationalize / rationalise
ask for permission to be released from an engagement
同义词： beg off
辩解-引用次数：3
On the function of subjective magnitude of tone, this paper divided it into 7 categories in accordance with the order from fewer to more:'Compromise','Magnitude Commentary','Excuse','Fit','Accident','Refute', and'Wish'.
关于单音节语气副词语气的主观量,本文按照语气量值由小到大的顺序,将单音节语气副词分七类进行了介绍：“将就、让步”类、量级评注类、“辩解”类、“契合”类、“意外”类、“反驳”类和“意愿”类。
原谅
借口
借口（Excuse）：此策略用来降低组织在危机中所应负的责任，亦即如果 沟通公众认为组织在危机发生原因中所应的负责任越小，自然较不会对组 织产...
爱是尊重（Valued）即真诚地表达体贴、鼓励和赞美，尊重他或她的选择。爱是宽恕（Excuse）即仁慈的对待。直江兼続是日本战国安土桃山时代和江户时代初期的武将。
... exciting 令人激动的；振奋人心的 excuse 原谅；宽恕 excuse me 请原谅（客套语，用于与陌生人搭话，打断别人说话等场合） ...
借口（Excuse）：此策略用来降低组织在危机中所应负的责任，亦即如果 沟通公众认为组织在危机发生原因中所应的负责任越小，自然较不会对组 织产...
excusable 可原谅的；可辩解的；可免除的
excusatory 表示歉意的；申辩的
excusably 可辩解地；可原谅地
原谅；为…申辩；给…免去
作为借口；请求宽恕；表示宽恕
She served up the usual excuse.
她给出的借口还是老一套。
Excuse me, is this your seat?
对不起，这是您的座位吗？
Excuse my interrupting you.
对不起，打扰你一下。
They say the Earps and Doc Holliday did not fire in self-defense, but used the law as an excuse for murder.
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But I am a novelist, not a critic, and I can excuse myself from explication de texte on that ground.
但我是个小说家，不是批评家，对于我以此为根据而说明,我可以为自己找借口。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
You know, so it's nice to kind of have an excuse to go, do all sorts of things.
所以找个借口就去了，干了很多事儿。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 洛克菲勒中心的时光
He also believed pro-slavery extremists would use Lincoln's election as an excuse to take Southern states out of the union.
VOA : special.2009.07.09
And he said they wanted a change. He said: "Party unity is not a sufficient excuse for silence."
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The decision process is neither easy nor quick, but that is not an excuse for shortcuts.
Merging these two underachievers gave Vasella the excuse he needed to vastly alter the business.
It's not hard to find an excuse to sample some old favourite treats - chocolates in particular.