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| /ɪkˈskjuːs/ |
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| 1 | a reason you give to explain why you have done something bad , or why you have not done something that you should have done （辩解的）理由，借口 |
| a reasonable/valid/legitimate excuse 合理的/正当的/合法的理由 |
| +for What excuse did they give for the delay? 他们对这次延误有什么说法？ |
| have an excuse Joe was late, but as always he had an excuse. 乔迟到了，但与平时一样，他还是有借口。 |
| make/give an excuse He made some excuse about having a lot of work to do. 他借口说有许多工作要做。 |
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| 2 | a reason for doing something that you want to do （可用以做想做之事的）借口，因由 |
| +for Birthdays are always a good excuse for a party. 生日总是举行聚会的好借口。 |
| an excuse to do sth Emily was glad of an excuse to change the subject. 埃米莉很高兴能有个借口转换话题。 |
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| - | make your excuses
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| to say why you must leave a place |
| （为离开而）表示歉意 |
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| Will made his excuses and went up to his room. 威尔表示歉意后就回楼上自己的房间了。 |
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| - | a pathetic/poor/sad excuse for sth informal
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| something that is of very bad quality |
| 蹩脚货；极不像样的东西 |
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| - | there is no excuse for sth
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| 1 | used for emphasizing that you think someone’ s behaviour is very bad 某事物不可原谅 | There’ s no excuse for her talking to you like that. 她那样跟你说话，真是不可原谅。 | |
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| 2 | used for saying that someone should definitely do something 没有理由拒绝做某事 | She only lives five minutes away, so there’ s really no excuse for not visiting her. 她住的地方离这儿才5分钟路程，所以没有理由不去看看她。 | |
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