to excuse
01
原谅, 宽恕
to forgive someone for making a mistake, etc.
Transitive: to excuse sb
例子
Understanding the circumstances, she chose to excuse her colleague for the unintentional oversight.
了解了情况后，她选择原谅同事的无意疏忽。
He frequently excuses his friends for their occasional lapses.
他经常原谅朋友们偶尔的失误。
02
辩解, 原谅
to act as a valid reason or justification for something
Transitive: to excuse an action or shortcoming
例子
His illness served to excuse his absence from the meeting.
他的病解释了他缺席会议的原因。
The bad weather could excuse the delay in the flight schedule.
恶劣的天气可以解释航班延误的原因。
03
免除, 原谅
to formally free or exempt someone from an obligation, responsibility, or task
Transitive: to excuse sb from an obligation
例子
The manager excused him from the meeting because of his conflicting schedule.
经理因为他的时间冲突而免除他参加会议。
She was excused from jury duty because she had a prior engagement.
她因为事先有约而被免除了陪审员职责。
04
原谅, 辩解
to try to minimize or remove the blame associated with a wrongdoing by offering an explanation or defense
Transitive: to excuse a wrongdoing
例子
He tried to excuse his mistake by saying he did n't have enough time to prepare.
他试图通过说自己没有足够的时间准备来辩解他的错误。
The defendant attempted to excuse his actions by arguing that he was under stress.
被告试图通过辩称自己处于压力之下来辩解他的行为。
05
原谅, 宽恕
to pardon or overlook someone's mistake or wrongdoing
Transitive: to excuse a mistake or wrongdoing
例子
The teacher excused the student's late arrival because of the traffic.
老师因为交通问题原谅了学生的迟到。
He asked her to excuse his behavior, and she forgave him.
他请求她原谅他的行为，她原谅了他。
06
原谅, 准许
to grant permission for someone to leave or exit a room, meeting, or event
Transitive: to excuse sb
例子
The professor excused the student from the lecture when he had to leave early.
教授准许学生提前离开讲座。
He was excused from the gathering as he had an urgent matter to attend to.
他因有急事要处理而被原谅离开聚会。
Excuse
01
借口, 理由
a reason given to explain one's careless, offensive, or wrong behavior or action
例子
He made an excuse for being late to the meeting, claiming that traffic was heavy.
他为开会迟到找了个借口，声称交通很拥挤。
She used a family emergency as an excuse to leave the party early.
她以家庭紧急情况为借口提前离开了派对。
02
借口, 托辞
an extremely bad example
词汇树
excusatory
excused
excuser
excuse
