新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

excuse

英 [ɪkˈskjuːs]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

CONVENTION. 习惯表达

excuse me
1. 打扰一下（用于礼貌地引起某人的注意）
You say Excuse me when you want to politely get someone's attention, especially when you are about to ask them a question.
双语例句
例：
Excuse me, but are you Mr Honig?
打扰一下，请问您是霍尼格先生吗？
2. 对不起（用于因打扰或打断某人而表示歉意）
You use excuse me to apologize to someone when you have disturbed or interrupted them.
双语例句
例：
Excuse me interrupting, but there's something I need to say.
恕我打断一下，但有件事我需要说。
3. 失陪（用于礼貌地表示要离开或中断谈话）
You use excuse me or a phrase such as if you'll excuse me as a polite way of indicating that you are about to leave or that you are about to stop talking to someone.
双语例句
例：
'Excuse me,' she said to José, and left the room.
“失陪了，”她对乔赛说，然后离开了那个房间。
4. 抱歉，不过（用于礼貌地表示不赞成）
You use excuse me, but to indicate that you are about to disagree with someone.
双语例句
例：
Excuse me, but I want to know what all this has to do with us.
抱歉，不过我想知道这一切和我们有什么关系。
5. 抱歉 , 借过（用于因撞上别人或需要从人群中挤过表示歉意）
You say Excuse me to apologize when you have bumped into someone, or when you need to move past someone in a crowd.
近义词
sorry
双语例句
例：
Saying 'Excuse me', Seaton pushed his way into the crowded living room.
西顿一边嘴里说着“借过”，一边奋力挤进了拥挤的客厅。
6. 不好意思（用于因打嗝、打喷嚏等尴尬失礼行为而表示歉意）
You say Excuse me to apologize when you have done something slightly embarrassing or impolite, such as burping, hiccuping, or sneezing.

NOUN. 名词

excuses
1. [C 可数名词] 借口
An excuse is a reason that you give in order to explain why something has been done or has not been done, or in order to avoid doing something.
近义词
justification
双语例句
例：
It is easy to find excuses for his indecisiveness.
为他的优柔寡断寻找借口是件容易的事。
例：
If you stop making excuses and do it you'll wonder what took you so long.
如果你停止辩解而开始行动，你就会惊讶是什么让你耗费了这么长的时间。

PHRASE. 习语

no excuse
1. 没有理由
If you say that there is no excuse for something, you are emphasizing that it should not happen, or expressing disapproval that it has happened.
双语例句
例：
There's no excuse for behaviour like that.
那种行为不能原谅。

VERB. 动词

excuses , excusing , excused
1. [T 及物动词] 为…开脱
To excuse someone or excuse their behaviour means to provide reasons for their actions, especially when other people disapprove of these actions.
近义词
justify
双语例句
例：
He excused himself by saying he was 'forced to rob to maintain my wife and cat'.
他为自己开脱，说是“为养活妻子和猫才迫不得已去抢劫的”。
2. [T 及物动词] 原谅
If you excuse someone for something wrong that they have done, you forgive them for it.
近义词
forgive
双语例句
例：
Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities.
很多人也许已经原谅他们逃避某些责任的行为了。
3. [T 及物动词] 免除…的责任
If someone is excused from a duty or responsibility, they are told that they do not have to carry it out.
双语例句
例：
She is usually excused from her duties during the summer holidays.
在暑期她一般不必担负责任。
4. [T 及物动词] 准许…离开
If you excuse yourself, you use a phrase such as 'Excuse me' as a polite way of saying that you are about to leave.
双语例句
例：
He excused himself and went up to his room.
他礼貌地告辞后便上楼去了自己的房间。