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nounverb Late again! What's your excuse this time? 又迟到了！你这次有什么借口？ excuse (for something) There's no excuse for such behaviour. 这种行为说不过去。 excuse (for doing something) 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。 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。 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。 excuse (for something/for doing something) It's just an excuse for a party. 这只是聚会的一个借口。 excuse (to do something) It gave me an excuse to take the car. 这使我有理由开车去。 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？ He said no but he didn’t give a reason. 他说不行，但没有说明原因。 The most likely explanation is that his plane was delayed. 最可能的解释是他的飞机晚点了。 She left the room abruptly without explanation. 她未作解释就突然离开了房间。 You have no grounds for complaint. 你没有理由抱怨。 On what basis will this decision be made?将基于何种原因作出这一决定呢？ Late again! What’s your excuse this time? 又迟到了！你这次有什么借口？ It gave me an excuse to take the car. 这使我有理由开车去。 There seemed to be no motive for the murder. 这起谋杀案看不出有什么动机。 I can see no possible justification for any further tax increases. 我看不出还能提出什么理由来加税了。 He left the party early on the pretext of having to work.他借口有事要处理，早早离开了聚会。 Delivering the stuff for Rodney gave me an excuse to take the car. Don’t let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started. He became moody and unreasonable, flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse. He had no excuse for being so late. He invented a pathetic excuse about losing his watch. He made up a rather lame excuse for the work being late. He made up some stupid excuse to the teachers. He’s run out of excuses for not cleaning his room. Her mother’s illness provided her with an excuse to stay at home. I don’t want to hear any more excuses. It’s late. I’m afraid I’ll have to make my excuses. 时间不早了。很抱歉，我得告辞了。 Justin mumbled some excuse and left. She had to find a valid excuse for leaving the room. She made some feeble excuse about the car having broken down. She seized on every excuse to avoid doing the work. She’s a pitiful excuse for an actress. The children provided a convenient excuse for missing the party. The political crisis is being used as an excuse to dock people’s pay. What possible excuse could he have? You don’t have to make excuses for her. 你不必为她辩解了。 a built-in excuse for failure a sorry excuse for a man an acceptable excuse for missing school Late again! What’s your excuse this time? 又迟到了！你这次有什么借口？ excuse something Please excuse the mess. 这里凌乱不堪，请见谅。 excuse somebody 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。 excuse somebody for something/for doing something I hope you'll excuse me for being so late. 我来得这么晚，希望你能原谅。 (British English) You might be excused for thinking that Ben is in charge (= he is not, but it is an easy mistake to make). 你误以为是本在负责，这是情有可原的。 excuse somebody doing something (formal) Excuse my interrupting you. 对不起，打扰你一下。 Nothing can excuse such rudeness. 如此粗暴无礼不能原谅。 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。 She excused herself and left the meeting early. 她说了声 “请原谅” 就提前离开了会场。 She was excused from giving evidence because of her age. 因年龄关系她获准不予作证。 Excuse me, is this the way to the station? 劳驾，这是去车站的路吗？ Excuse me, could you let me through? 对不起，能让我过去吗？ Guy sneezed loudly. ‘Excuse me,’ he said. 盖伊大声打了个喷嚏，然后说了声 “对不起”。 Excuse me, but I don't think that's true. 很抱歉，我认为这不是真的。 ‘Excuse me for a moment,’ she said and left the room. 她说了声 “很抱歉，失陪一会儿” 就离开了房间。 Oh, excuse me. I didn't see you there. 啊呀，对不起，我没看到你在那里。 He tried to excuse his behaviour as ‘a bit of harmless fun’. I asked her to excuse me for my late arrival. You’ll have to excuse Harriet—she’s having a difficult time at work. I hope you’ll excuse me for being so late. 我来得这么晚，希望你能原谅。 You might be excused for thinking that Victoria is in charge. You’ll have to excuse my father—he’s not always that rude. |