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excuse

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ex·cuse1 /ɪkˈskjuːz/ ●●● S1 verb [transitiveT]  
1 excuse me spoken
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 walk past 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。
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2 forgive 原谅FORGIVE to forgive someone for doing something that is not seriously wrong, such as being rude or careless 原谅〔某人的小错〕
 I’ll excuse you this time, but don’t be late again.
这次我原谅你,但别再迟到了。
 Please excuse my bad handwriting.
请原谅,我的字写得不好。
excuse somebody for (doing) something
 Please excuse me for being so late today.
请原谅,我今天来得太晚了。
 Smith can be excused for his lack of interest in the course (=his lack of interest is reasonable).
史密斯对这门课不感兴趣是情有可原的。
Register
In informal situations, people often say sorry about …, sorry for doing ... or sorry I … rather than asking someone to excuse something: 在非正式的场合中,人们常说 sorry about ...sorry for doing ... sorry I...,而不说请某人excuse something
Sorry about my handwriting.
对不起,我的字写得不好。
Sorry for being so late, or Sorry I’m so late.
对不起,我来得太晚了。
3 from a duty 免除责任LET/ALLOW to allow someone not to do something that they are supposed to do 免除〔某人〕的责任
be excused from (doing) something
 Can I be excused from swimming today? I have a cold.
我今天能不游泳吗?我感冒了。
nGrammar
Excuse is usually passive in this meaning.
4 explain 解释REASON to be or give a good reason for someone’s careless or offensive behaviour 开脱;给找理由
 Nothing can excuse that kind of rudeness.
什么也无法为那种粗鲁行为开脱。
5 from a place 离开某处LET/ALLOW to give someone permission to leave a place 准许离开
6 excuse yourself to say politely that you need to leave a place 礼貌地告辞
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7. excuse me (for living)! spokenOFFEND used to show that you are annoyed when someone has told you that you have done something wrong 实在对不住了!
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ex·cuse2 /ɪkˈskjuːs/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC]  
1 REASONa reason that you give to explain careless or offensive behaviour 辩解的〕理由
2 REASONa reason that you invent to explain an action and to hide your real intentions 虚假的理由;托词;借口
3 there is no excuse for something used to say that someone’s behaviour is too bad to be explained or accepted 某事怎么说都不对
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4 make your excuses EXPLAINto explain why you are not able to do something 解释为何不能做某事
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5 a poor/rotten etc excuse for something BAD ATused when you think someone or something is very bad 极差的;极不称职的
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6. American EnglishAmEREASON a note written by your doctor or one of your parents saying that you were ill on a particular day 病假条 SYN British English sick note
COLLOCATIONSMeanings 1 & 2
verbs
make up/think up/invent an excuse 编造借口
I made up some excuse about my car breaking down.
我编了个借口,说我的车抛锚了。
nWe’d better think up an excuse, fast.
make excuses for somebody/something (=give reasons which try to explain why someone has made a mistake or behaved badly) 为某人/某事找借口
His mother was always making excuses for her son's behaviour.
他妈妈总是为儿子的行为找借口。
use something as an excuse 拿某事物当借口
She never complained or used her illness as an excuse.
她从不抱怨,也不拿自己的病当借口。
look for an excuse 找借口
I began to look for excuses to avoid seeing him.
我开始寻找种种借口,避免和他见面。
give an excuse 给出理由
I'll have to give my boss some kind of excuse.
我总得给我老板一个理由。
believe/accept an excuse 相信/接受理由
She didn’t believe his excuse for one minute.
她压根儿不相信他的借口。
have an excuse 有理由
Companies have no excuse for breaking the law.
公司没有任何理由违反法律。
adjectives
a good excuse 好借口
A sunny day is a good excuse to go to the beach.
天气晴朗就应该到海滩去。
na wonderful excuse (=a very good excuse)
A wedding is a wonderful excuse to buy a new outfit.
a reasonable/plausible excuse (=one that other people will believe) 可以接受的/说得过去的理由
If your train was cancelled, that is a perfectly reasonable excuse.
要是你那班火车被取消了,那可就是个再好不过的理由。
a legitimate/valid excuse (=one that is true and that other people cannot criticize) 正当/合理的理由
He didn’t have a legitimate excuse for being late.
他迟到了,没有正当的理由。
the perfect excuse 极好的借口
The phone call gave me the perfect excuse to leave.
这个电话正好让我有借口离开。
a feeble/flimsy/weak excuse (=one that is difficult to believe) 无力/不可信的借口
Joe muttered some feeble excuse about having a headache.
乔嘟嘟哝哝地搪塞说他头痛。
a pathetic/lame excuse (=very weak) 牵强的/站不住脚的借口
nThat’s the most pathetic excuse I’ve ever heard.
the usual excuse/the same old excuse 惯常的借口/老一套借口
nHe made the usual excuses for not coming.
nWhenever the trains are late, it's always the same old excuse.
a convenient excuse 现成的借口
nThe rioting provided the government with a convenient excuse not to hold an election.
phrases
use every excuse in the book (=use every possible excuse) 千方百计找借口
He used every excuse in the book to avoid seeing the doctor.
他千方百计找借口不去看病。
at the slightest excuse (=for any reason, however unimportant) 以很小的事为借口
She comes to our house at the slightest excuse.
她动不动就借故到我们家来。
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Origin excuse1
(1400-1500) Old French excuser, from Latin excusare, from causa cause, explanation

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