釋義
[英] [ɪk'skju:s] [美] [ɪkˈskjuz]
vt.原諒；為…申辯；免除，寬免；給…免去
n.藉口，託辭；道歉，歉意；辯解；請假條
vi.作為藉口；請示寬恕；表示寬恕
柯林斯高階英漢詞典
1.N-COUNT藉口；理由；辯解An excuse is a reason which you give in order to explain why something has been done or has not been done, or in order to avoid doing something.
• There's no excuse for behaviour like that...
• 沒理由做出那種行為。
• Solitude was no excuse for sloppiness.
• 獨居不是邋遢的理由。
• It is easy to find excuses for his indecisiveness...
• 為他的猶豫不決尋找藉口是很容易的。
• Once I had had a baby I had the perfect excuse to stay at home...
• 一旦有了寶寶，我就完全有理由呆在家裡了。
• If you stop making excuses and do it you'll wonder what took you so long.
• 如果你不再找理由而是幹些實事，你就會驚訝自己怎么浪費了這么多時間。
• If you say that there is no excuse for something, you are emphasizing that it should not happen, or expressing disapproval that it has happened.沒有理由；不應該；不是…；的理由
2.VERB（尤指別人不贊同時）為…辯解，為…尋找理由To excuse someone or excuse their behaviour means to provide reasons for their actions, especially when other people disapprove of these actions.
• He excused himself by saying he was 'forced to rob to maintain my wife and cat'...
• 他辯解說自己是“為了供養妻子和貓兒被迫去搶劫的”。
• That doesn't excuse my mother's behaviour.
• 那並不能為我母親的行為辯解。
3.VERB原諒；寬恕If you excuse someone for something wrong that they have done, you forgive them for it.
• Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities.
• 很多人可能已經原諒了他們逃避責任的行為。
4.VERB使免除（責任、義務等）If someone is excused from a duty or responsibility, they are told that they do not have to carry it out.
• She is usually excused from her duties during the school holidays...
• 在學校放假期間，她通常不必擔負職責。
• She was excused duties on Saturday.
• 星期六她不用工作。
