excuse

n. 借口；理由

vt. 原谅；为…申辩；给…免去

vi. 作为借口；请求宽恕；表示宽恕

vt.

原谅；为…申辩；免除，宽免；给…免去

n.

借口，托辞；道歉，歉意；辩解；请假条

vi.

作为借口；请示宽恕；表示宽恕；

变形

复数：excuses过去式：excused过去分词：excused现在分词：excusing第三人称单数：excuses

双语释义

vt. 原谅,宽恕 forgive; overlook

vt. 免除 free sb from a duty

vt. 为…辩解 make bad behaviour seem less bad or harmless

[C][U]理由,借口,辩解 reason given to explain or defend one's behaviour

[P]歉意,道歉apology

英英释义

excuse[ ik'skju:z, ik'skju:s ]

n.

a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

"he kept finding excuses to stay"

同义词：alibiexculpationself-justification

a note explaining an absence

"he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"

a poor example

"a poor excuse for an automobile"

同义词：apology

v.

accept an excuse for

"Please excuse my dirty hands"

同义词：pardon

grant exemption or release to

"Please excuse me from this class"

同义词：relievelet offexempt

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：apologizeapologisejustifyrationalizerationalise

ask for permission to be released from an engagement

同义词：beg off

excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

"excuse someone's behavior"

同义词：condone

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

excuse oneself为自己辩解,请求离开

excuse such a selfish act原谅如此自私的行为

～+副词

excuse graciously仁慈地宽恕

excuse pleasantly高兴地原谅

excuse quietly秘密地免除

excuse really真正地原谅

excuse reasonably有理由地原谅

excuse speciously貌似有理地原谅

～+介词

excuse as因…而免除

excuse for为…辩解,成为…的理由

excuse from免除…

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

accept an excuse接受道歉

admit of no excuse不容辩解

cook up an excuse捏造一个借口,找个借口

demand an excuse要求道歉

find an excuse找到借口

give an excuse道歉

have excuses有借口

make an excuse想出一个借口,编一套理由

offer an excuse主动表示歉意

think up an excuse想出一个借口

形容词+～

brilliant excuse明智的理由

good excuse可接受的辩解

poor excuse无力的辩解

various excuses各种借口

weak excuse站不住脚的借口

介词+～

in excuse of为…辩解,作为…的解释

under excuse在借口下

without excuse没有借口,无故

～+介词

an excuse for成为…的理由

an excuse for some fault对某种过失请求原谅

词组短语

excuse oneself v. 为自己辩解；请求免除；请求准予离开

excuse for借口；原谅

make one's excuses(对不能出席社交聚会等)表示抱歉(或遗憾)

in excuse of 为……辩解 , adv. 作为辩解

find an excuse借故

without excuse adj. 无故

reasonable excuse合理解释，合理的辩解

excuse myself原谅自己；替自己辩解

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“原因”的意思，其区别是：

cause指直接导致事情发生的原因，与所发生的事个有因果关系。

reason强调指从逻辑推理上得出的结论性原因，不是直接说明起因。

excuse指为自己辩解，希望得到谅解时所提出的种种理由，是借口性的理由。

这组词都有“原谅”的意思，其区别是：

pardon比excuse正式，指原谅或宽恕严重的过失或法律上的犯罪行为；在社会交场合则指对打搅他人表示歉意。

overlook语气较弱，指宽容或不计较无关大局的过失。

forgive侧重从心里宽恕某人，暗示放弃一切愤恨和要求报偿的权利。

excuse口语常用词，语气较轻。指原谅轻微的过错、疏忽或过失。

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

Excuse me, but I must say you are completely wrong.
对不起，但是我必须说你完全错了。

I hope you will excuse me if I have to leave early.
如果我必须早些离开,希望你能原谅我。

He told a real whopper to excuse his lateness.
他撒了个大谎为自己的迟到辩解。

用作名词(n.)

His excuse for being late was that he had missed the train.
他迟到的理由是没有赶上火车。

Such conduct allows of no excuse.
这样的行为是不容辩解的。

My lame excuse is that I have too much to do.
我那站不住脚的借口就是我要干的事太多了。

I won't let him get away with that excuse.
我不会让他用那种借口蒙混过去。

权威例句

excuse

excuse: [13] Etymologically, excuse means ‘free of accusation’. It comes via Old French from Latin excūsāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex-, denoting removal, and causa ‘cause’ – but ‘cause’ in the sense not of something that produces a result, but of ‘legal action, accusation’ (a meaning preserved in English ‘cause list’, for example) Originally, the s of both the noun and the verb was pronounced /z/; the /s/ of the modern English noun arose by analogy with such nouns as use and abuse.=> accuse, cause

excuse (v.)

mid-13c., "attempt to clear (someone) from blame, find excuses for," from Old French escuser (12c., Modern French excuser) "apologize, make excuses; pardon, exonerate," from Latin excusare "excuse, apologize, make an excuse for, plead as an excuse; release from a charge; decline, refuse, excuse the refusal of" (source also of Spanish excusar, Italian scusare), from ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + causa "accusation, legal action" (see cause (n.)). Sense of "forgive, pardon, accept another's plea of excuse" is from early 14c. Meaning "to obtain exemption or release from an obligation or duty; beg to be excused" is from mid-14c. in English, as is the sense "defend (someone or something) as right." Sense of "serve as justification for" is from 1530s. Related: Excused; excusing. Excuse me as a mild apology or statement of polite disagreement is from c. 1600.

excuse (n.)

late 14c., "pretext, justification," from Old French excuse, from excuser (see excuse (v.)). The sense of "that which serves as a reason for being excused" is recorded from mid-15c. As a noun, excusation is the earlier form (mid-14c.).

1. a flimsy excuse [argument]

站不住脚的借口 [薄弱的论据]

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2. Excuse me, madam. Could you tell me where the post office is?

对不起，女士，请问邮局在哪里？

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3. Nothing can excuse such irresponsible behaviour.

没有理由可以为这样不负责任的行为辩解。

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4. concoct an excuse [alibi]

编造藉口 [不在场证明]

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5. Please excuse my intrusion.

请原谅我擅自进来。

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6. I wrote an excuse for my absence from school.

我写了一张请假条,说明缺课的原因。

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7. Excuse my being patronizing.

别计较我这么老气横秋的。

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8. Have you any excuse to offer for frequent absence from collective practice?

你经常不参加集体训练有什么理由解释吗?

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9. I hope you will excuse my son this afternoon.

希望你准许我儿子今天下午请假。

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10. excuse my neglect in doing sth.

原谅我在做某事时的疏忽

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