基本释义
- n.
- 借口; 理由; 道歉
- v.
- 为…辩解; 原谅; 使免除; 准许…离开
实用例句
Late again! What's your excuse this time?
又迟到了！你这次有什么借口？
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There's no excuse for such behaviour.
这种行为说不过去。
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His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary.
他辩解说因为日记本丢了才忘了她的生日。
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You don't have to make excuses for her (= try to think of reasons for her behaviour) .
你不必为她辩解了。
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It's late. I'm afraid I'll have to make my excuses (= say I'm sorry, give my reasons and leave) .
时间不早了。很抱歉，我得告辞了。
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It's just an excuse for a party.
这只是借故一起聚会。
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It gave me an excuse to take the car.
这使我有理由开车去。
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Why get involved with that pathetic excuse for a human being?
为什么要与那个讨厌的家伙混在一起？
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Please excuse the mess.
这里凌乱不堪，请见谅。
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I hope you'll excuse me for being so late.
我来得这么晚，希望你能原谅。
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You must excuse my father─he's not always that rude.
你一定要原谅我父亲——他并不总是那样粗暴无礼。
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(British English)You might be excused for thinking that Ben is in charge (= he is not, but it is an easy mistake to make) .
你误认为是本在负责，这可以原谅。
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Excuse my interrupting you.
对不起，打扰你一下。
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Nothing can excuse such rudeness.
如此粗暴无礼不能原谅。
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Now if you'll excuse me, I'm a very busy man.
如果可以，我先行一步了。我很忙。
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She excused herself and left the meeting early.
她说了声“请原谅”就提前离开了会场。
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'Excuse me,' she said to Jarvis, and left the room...
“抱歉出去一下，”她对贾维斯说，然后离开了房间。
Now if you'll excuse me, I've got work to do.
对不起，这会儿我有工作要做。
Excuse me, but I want to know what all this has to do with us.
抱歉，我想知道所有这些和我们有什么关系。
Saying excuse me, pardon me, Seaton pushed his way into the crowded living room.
西顿一边说对不起、借过，一边挤过人群进入拥挤的客厅。
Excuse me interrupting, but there's a thing I feel I've got to say.
抱歉打断一下，我觉得有件事我得说。
Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities.
很多人可能已经原谅了他们逃避责任的行为。
She is usually excused from her duties during the school holidays...
在学校放假期间，她通常不必担负职责。
She was excused duties on Saturday.
星期六她不用工作。
He excused himself and went up to his room.
他告辞后回到他楼上的房间。
Excuse me, but are you Mr Honig?
请问，您是霍尼格先生吗？
That doesn't excuse my mother's behaviour.
那并不能为我母亲的行为辩解。
It is easy to find excuses for his indecisiveness...
为他的犹豫不决寻找借口是很容易的。
Once I had had a baby I had the perfect excuse to stay at home...
一旦有了宝宝，我就完全有理由呆在家里了。
He excused himself by saying he was 'forced to rob to maintain my wife and cat'...
他辩解说自己是“为了供养妻子和猫儿被迫去抢劫的”。
真题例句
The point is not to excuse or forget the crime.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文But the fact that such a violation is "unintentional" does not excuse the misconduct, Ignorance is not a defense.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文Excuses can get very elaborate: "I know I'm look at another's exam, even though I'm supposed to keep my eyes on my own paper, but that's not cheating because I'm just checking my answers, not copying.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文To avoid fooling yourself, watch out for excuses and try this test: Ask how you would feel if your actions were public and anyone could be watching over yourshoulder
出自-2011年12月阅读原文The woman is good at finding excuses.
出自-2010年12月听力原文In other words, structural unemployment is a fake problem, which mainly serves as an excuse for not pursuing real solutions.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文As I said, structural unemployment isn't a real problem, it's an excuse—a reason not to act on America's problems at a time when action is desperately needed.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Excuse me, can I get a ticket for a sleeping compartment on this train?
出自-2013年6月听力原文Excuse me, Miss?Did anyone happen to turn in a new handbag?
出自-2010年12月听力原文A woman excused the interruption and handed me an envelope.
2017年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文Excuse me, but I think this seat — 16C — is mine.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文Excuse yourself and let the person know you're busy so they can get the hint than when the door is closed, you're not to be disturbed.
2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文Harry, stop making excuses! You're just lazy.
2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文It's much easier to excuse yourself to get back to your work than if you try to get someone out of your space even after explaining how busy you are.
2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文Whaley recalls how at the beginning of the year, when called upon to read, chris would excuse himself to go to the bathroom.
2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读B 原文When one of these noneconomic categories is threatened and, if we happen to love it, we invent excuses to give it economic importance.
出自-2010年考研翻译原文Rather than cloaking his exit in the usual vague excuses, he came right out and said he was leaving “to pursue my goal of running a company”.
出自-2011年考研阅读原文英英释义
1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.;
"he kept finding excuses to stay"
"every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"
"his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
2. a note explaining an absence;
"he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"
3. a poor example;
"it was an apology for a meal"
"a poor excuse for an automobile"
1. accept an excuse for;
"Please excuse my dirty hands"
2. grant exemption or release to;
"Please excuse me from this class"
3. serve as a reason or cause or justification of;
"Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"
"Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again"
4. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning;
"rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"
"he rationalized his lack of success"
5. ask for permission to be released from an engagement
6. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with;
"excuse someone's behavior"
"She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
同义词辨析
cause, reason, excuse
这些名词均有"原因"之意。