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ex·cuse AHD[ĭk-skyo͞ozʹ] D.J.[ɪkˈskjuːz]K.K.[ɪkˈskjuz]v.tr.（及物动词）ex.cused, ex.cus.ing, ex.cus.es - To explain (a fault or an offense) in the hope of being forgiven or understood:辩解，托词：希望被原谅或理解而解释（过失或冒犯）：He arrived late and excused his tardiness in a flimsy manner.他来晚了，而且还以薄弱的借口来辩解他的迟到
- To seek to remove the blame from:要求原谅：试图免于被…责备：She excused herself for being late.她为她的迟到辩解
- To grant pardon to; forgive:宽恕；原谅：We quickly excused the latecomer.我们很快原谅了迟到者
- To make allowance for; overlook:许可；宽容：Readers must excuse the author's youth and inexperience.See Synonyms at forgive 读者必须宽恕作者的年轻和缺乏经验 参见 forgive
- To serve as justification for:证明为正当的：Brilliance does not excuse bad manners.才华不能成为无礼行为的正当理由
- To free, as from an obligation or duty; exempt:免除责任：使免除责任或义务；免除：In my state, physicians and lawyers are excused from jury duty.在我看来，医生和律师都应免除当陪审团的义务
- To give permission to leave; release:准许离开；放开：The child ate quickly and asked to be excused.那孩子吃得很快并请求准许离开
n.（名词）AHD[ĭk-skyo͞osʹ] - An explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness.理由；藉口：为…提供理由或为获得谅解而做的解释
- A reason or grounds for excusing:开脱的原因或根据：Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law.无知不能成为违反法律的理由
- The act of excusing.辩护行为
- A note explaining an absence.请假条：解释缺席的字条
- Informal An inferior example:【非正式用语】 拙劣样品：a poor excuse for a poet; a sorry excuse for a car.拙劣的诗；蹩脚汽车
- Middle English excusen 中古英语 excusen
- from Old French excuser 源自 古法语 excuser
- from Latin excūsāre 源自 拉丁语 excūsāre
- ex- [ex-] ex- [前缀，表‘前任的，从前的”]
- causa [accusation] * see cause causa [指责] * 参见 cause
excusʹable adj.（形容词）excusʹableness n.（名词）excusʹably adv.（副词）excusʹer n.（名词） |