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1. Oxford Dictionary

   excuse

   • v.
     seek to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offence); try to justify；forgive (someone) for a fault or offence
   • n.
     a reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offence；a reason put forward to conceal the real reason for an action; a pretext

   • verb: excuse, 3rd person present: excuses, gerund or present participle: excusing, past tense: excused, past participle: excused

   • noun: excuse, plural noun: excuses

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. seek to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offence); try to justify he did nothing to hide or excuse Jacob's cruelty 同義詞 justify, defend, make excuses for, make a case for, explain (away), ... 更多rationalize, condone, vindicate, warrant, mitigate, palliate, apologize for, forgive, overlook, disregard, ignore, pass over, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to, wink at, blink at, indulge, tolerate, sanction, rareextenuate反義詞 condemn
   • ▪ forgive (someone) for a fault or offence you must excuse my brother he could be excused for feeling that he was born at the wrong time 同義詞 forgive, pardon, absolve, exonerate, acquit, ... 更多make allowances for, informallet someone off (the hook), rareexculpate反義詞 punish, blame
   • ▪ overlook or make allowances for sit down—excuse the mess
   • ▪ (of a fact) serve to mitigate (a person or act) his ability excuses most of his faults
   • 2. release (someone) from a duty or requirement it will not be possible to excuse you from attendance may I be excused hockey? 同義詞 let off, release, relieve, exempt, spare, ... 更多absolve, free, liberate, raredispense反義詞 hold to
   • ▪ (used in polite formulas) allow (someone) to leave a room or gathering and now, if you'll excuse us, duty calls
   • ▪ say politely that one is leaving I had to excuse myself and go out of the room
   • ▪ (used by school pupils) be allowed to leave the room, especially to go to the toilet please, Miss, can I be excused?

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offence there can be no excuse for any further delay the excuse that half the team failed to turn up 同義詞 justification, defence, reason, explanation, mitigating circumstances, ... 更多mitigation, extenuation, palliation, vindication, grounds, cause, basis, call, argument, apology, apologia, plea
   • ▪ a reason put forward to conceal the real reason for an action; a pretext as an excuse to get out of the house she went to post a letter 同義詞 pretext, ostensible reason, pretence, front, cover-up, ... 更多fabrication, evasion, informalstory, alibi, line, cop-out, get-out
   • ▪ US a note written by a doctor or parent excusing a pupil from school.
   • 2. informal a poor or inadequate example of that pathetic excuse for a man! 同義詞 travesty of, apology for, poor specimen of, pitiful example of, mockery of, ... 更多pale shadow of, poor imitation of

   make one's excuses

   • ph.
     say politely that one is leaving or cannot be present

   Oxford American Dictionary

   make one's excuses

   • ph.
     say politely that one is leaving or cannot be present

   Oxford Dictionary

   excuse me

   • ph.
     used as a polite apology in various contexts, such as when attempting to get someone's ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   excuse-me

   • n.
     a social dance in which participants may interrupt other pairs in order to change partners.

   Oxford Dictionary

   excuse me

   • ph.
     said politely in various contexts, for example when attempting to get someone's attention, ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   excuse (or pardon) my French

   • ph.
     used to apologize for swearing

   Oxford American Dictionary

   excuse (or pardon) my French

   • ph.
     used to apologize for swearing

   Oxford Dictionary

   片語

   • excuse me
   • make one's excuses
3. • 更多解釋

   excuse

   • v.
     attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify: he did nothing to hide or excuse Jacob's cruelty
   • n.
     a reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense: there can be no possible excuse for any further delay no one will have the excuse that they didn’t know

   Oxford American Dictionary