a)REPEATused when you want to get someone’s attention politely, especially when you want to ask a question 劳驾〔用于礼貌地引起他人注意,尤其是发问时〕
Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the museum please?
劳驾,请问去博物馆怎么走?
b)SORRY/APOLOGIZEused to say that you are sorry for doing something rude or embarrassing 对不起
Oh, excuse me. I didn’t know anyone was here.
噢,对不起,我不知道这里有人。
c)LET/ALLOWused to ask someone politely to move so that you can walkpast 借光,借过〔用于礼貌地请求别人让路〕
Excuse me, could I just squeeze past?
借光,请让我过去一下好吗?
d)LEAVE A PLACEused to politely tell someone that you are leaving a place 抱歉〔用于礼貌地表示要离开〕
Excuse me a moment. I’ll be right back.
抱歉,我失陪一会儿,马上就回来。
e)DISAGREEused when you disagree with someone but want to be polite about it 请原谅〔用于礼貌地表示反对〕SYN I’m sorry
Excuse me, but I don’t think that’s what he meant at all.
请原谅,不过我认为他绝对不是这个意思。
f)American EnglishAmESORRY/APOLOGIZE used to show that you disagree with someone or are very surprised or upset by what they have just said 请原谅,很抱歉〔用于表示不同意某人的意见或对其所说的话感到意外或不快〕
‘You’re going to pay, right?’ ‘Excuse me?’
“你来付钱,对吗?”“你说什么?”
g)especially American EnglishAmEREPEAT used to ask someone to repeat something that they have just said 请再说一遍SYN pardon me
‘What time is it?’ ‘Excuse me?’ ‘I asked you what time it is.’
“现在几点了?”“对不起,你说什么?”“我问你现在几点了。
Examples from the Corpus
excuse me• Answer, all I know is Sam and Diane were there, was there, excuse me.• Oh, excuse me. Did I mispronounce your name?• Excuse me for a minute. I'll be right back.• Oh excuse me, I am.• Oh, excuse me. I didn't know you were standing in line.• Excuse me - I didn't realize there was anyone in here.• If you will excuse me I must get back to lurking.• Excuse me. I need to get through.• Oh, excuse me, is that your bag I just stood on?• Excuse me. Is this the right bus to the airport?• Well, excuse me, M'Lud, there are other explanations.