excuse

（常与for连用）宽恕；原谅

辩解；开脱

（常与form连用）免除；宽免

藉口；托辞

excuse

原谅, 申辩, 做为...的托辞, 为...免去

饶恕, 致歉, 理由, 口实, 借口, 清借条, 免去

excuse

1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"

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2. a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"

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3. a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"

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1. accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"

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2. grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"

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3. serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again"

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4. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

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5. ask for permission to be released from an engagement

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6. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"

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