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| /ɪkˈskjuːz/ |
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| 1 | to forgive someone for something bad they have done , especially something that is not very serious 原谅，谅解（尤指某人的小错误） |
| Please excuse my untidy handwriting. 请原谅我字写得潦草。 |
| excuse sb for (doing) sth I hope you’ ll excuse us for leaving so early. 请原谅我们这么早离开。 |
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| 2 | to provide a reason or explanation for something bad that someone has done , in order to make it seem less bad 为…开脱；成为…的理由 |
| I know he’ s over 70, but that doesn’ t excuse his sexist attitudes. 我知道他70多岁了，但那也不能成为他歧视女性的理由。 |
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| 3 | often passive to give someone permission not to do something that they usually have to do 免除（某人的责任等） |
| excuse sb from (doing) sth You’ re excused from doing the washing up tonight. 今晚你可以不洗碗。 |
| | 3a | to give someone permission to leave 准许（某人）离开 | | Now if you’ ll excuse us, we have to get going. 如果你允许的话，我们得告辞了。 | |
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| - | excuse me spoken
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| 1 | used for politely getting someone’ s attention 劳驾，对不起（用于礼貌地引起某人的注意） | Excuse me, do you know what time it is? 对不起，请问现在几点了？ | |
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| 2 | used for showing you are sorry because your body has made a rude noise 请原谅（用于对自己的身体突然发出不悦的声响表示歉意） |
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| 3 | used for showing you are sorry for interrupting someone 打扰一下（用于对打断某人表示歉意） | Excuse me, but there’ s a phone call for you. 打扰一下，有电话找您。 | |
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| 4 | used for politely asking someone to move so that you can get past them 借光，借过（用于礼貌地请某人让路） |
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| 5 | used for politely telling someone you are leaving 抱歉，失陪（用于礼貌地表示要离开） | Excuse me for a moment – I have to make a phone call. 失陪一下，我得打个电话。 | |
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| 6 | used for politely disagreeing with someone 对不起（用于礼貌地表示不赞成） | Excuse me, but I never said I’ d pay for everything. 不好意思，我从来都没有说我会为所有的东西买单。 | |
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| 7 | AMERICAN used for asking someone to repeat something 请再说一遍 | ‘How old are you?’ ‘Excuse me?’ “你多大了？”“对不起，你说什么？” | |
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| used for saying you are sorry for saying something rude |
| 别怪我骂人；请原谅我讲粗话 |
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| - | excuse my ignorance
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| used for asking a question that someone might expect you to know the answer to |
| 请原谅我的无知（用于提问） |
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| - | excuse yourself
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| to politely say that you are going to leave a place |
| 礼貌地告辞 |
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| +from She excused herself from the table and went back to work. 她礼貌地告辞后便离开桌子，回去工作了。 |
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