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。
02
辩解, 原谅
to act as a valid reason or justification for something
Transitive: to excuse an action or shortcoming
语法信息
形态构成
简单词
动作动词
规则
现在时
excuse
第三人称单数
excuses
现在分词
excusing
一般过去时
excused
过去分词
excused
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。
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。
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 didn'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。
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。
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。
Excuse
01
借口, 理由
a reason given to explain one's careless, offensive, or wrong behavior or action
语法信息
有生性状态
抽象
形态构成
复合词
可数
复数形式
excuses
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。
02
借口, 幌子
something considered a poor or inadequate example of its kind
例子
That old shed is an excuse for a garage.
那个旧棚屋是车库的一个借口。
词汇树
excusatory
excused
excuser
excuse
