美[?k?skjuz] 1 . He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute.
他找了某個她根本不會相信的借口給她打電話。
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2 . National security is the stock excuse for keeping things confidential.
國家安全常被用作對一些事情保密的擋箭牌。
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3 . A conservatory offers the perfect excuse to let your imagination run riot.
音樂學院讓你有充分的理由任想象力自由馳騁。
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4 . "Excuse me," she said to Jarvis, and left the room.
“抱歉出去一下，”她對賈維斯說，然后離開了房間。
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5 . He mumbled some lame excuse about having gone to sleep.
他含含糊糊地找了個蹩腳的借口，想要解釋自己為什么睡著了。
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1.a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.;
he kept finding excuses to stay
2.a note explaining an absence;
he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
3.a poor example;
it was an apology for a meal
1.accept an excuse for;
Please excuse my dirty hands
2.grant exemption or release to;
Please excuse me from this class
3.serve as a reason or cause or justification of;
Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work
4.defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning;
rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior
5.ask for permission to be released from an engagement
6.excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with;
excuse someone's behavior
