1.借口；理由；辩解a reason, either true or invented, that you give to explain or defend your behaviour
Late again! What's your excuse this time?又迟到了！你这次有什么借口？
There's no excuse for such behaviour.这种行为说不过去。
His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary.他辩解说因为日记本丢了才忘了她的生日。
You don't have to make excuses for her(= try to think of reasons for her behaviour) .你不必为她辩解了。
It's late. I'm afraid I'll have to make my excuses(= say I'm sorry, give my reasons and leave) .时间不早了。很抱歉，我得告辞了。
2.（正当的）理由，借口a good reason that you give for doing sth that you want to do for other reasons
It's just an excuse for a party.这只是借故一起聚会。
It gave me an excuse to take the car.这使我有理由开车去。
3.拙劣样品；蹩脚货a very bad example of sth
Why get involved with that pathetic excuse for a human being?为什么要与那个讨厌的家伙混在一起？
4.假条（家长或医生写明请假或给假理由）a note written by a parent or doctor to explain why a student cannot go to school or sb cannot go to work
1.原谅；宽恕to forgive sb for sth that they have done, for example not being polite or making a small mistake
Please excuse the mess.这里凌乱不堪，请见谅。
You must excuse my father─he's not always that rude.你一定要原谅我父亲，他并不总是那样粗暴无礼。
I hope you'll excuse me for being so late.我来得这么晚，希望你能原谅。
You might be excused for thinking that Ben is in charge(= he is not, but it is an easy mistake to make) .你误以为是本在负责，这是情有可原的。
Excuse my interrupting you.对不起，打扰你一下。
2.~ sth.~ sb/yourself (for sth/for doing sth)为…辩解（或找理由）to make your or sb else's behaviour seem less offensive by finding reasons for it
Nothing can excuse such rudeness.如此粗暴无礼不能原谅。
3.~ sb/yourself (from sth)准许…离开；请求准予离开；（离开前）请求原谅to allow sb to leave; to say in a polite way that you are leaving
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm a very busy man.如果可以，我先行一步了。我很忙。
She excused herself and left the meeting early.她说了声“请原谅”就提前离开了会场。
4.[usupass]~ sb (from sth/from doing sth).~ sb sth同意免除；同意免做to allow sb to not do sth that they should normally do
She was excused from giving evidence because of her age.因年龄关系她获准不予作证。
Excuse me, is this the way to the station?劳驾，这是去车站的路吗？
Excuse me, could you let me through?对不起，能让我过去吗？
Guy sneezed loudly. ‘Excuse me,’ he said.盖伊大声打了个喷嚏，然后说了声“对不起”。
Excuse me, but I don't think that's true.很抱歉，我认为这不是真的。
‘Excuse me for a moment,’ she said and left the room.她说了声“很抱歉，失陪一会儿”就离开了房间。
Oh, excuse me. I didn't see you there.啊呀，对不起，我没看到你在那里。
Excuse me, is this the way to the station?劳驾，这是去车站的路吗？
Excuse me, could you let me through?对不起，能让我过去吗？
Guy sneezed loudly. ‘Excuse me,’ he said.盖伊大声打了个喷嚏，然后说了声“对不起”。
Excuse me, but I don't think that's true.很抱歉，我认为这不是真的。
‘Excuse me for a moment,’ she said and left the room.她说了声“很抱歉，失陪一会儿”就离开了房间。
Oh, excuse me. I didn't see you there.啊呀，对不起，我没看到你在那里。
How much is the operation expenses that excuse me the tit caves?
请问乳头凹陷的手术费用是多少？
I'm not going to think about this war, and I'm not going to use it as my excuse to not feel good any more.
我不会去考虑这场战争，而且我也不会拿它来做感觉不再好的借口。
Excuse me, Sir. but I think it's only fair to tell you that it's now or never if you want me in your next picture .
我想为了公平起见现在最好告诉您：您现在可以选择我做你下一部片子的演员，否则您永远不会有这个机会了。
But at her house, when she said, "Coming in? , " I said no, made an excuse, and never saw her again.
等到了她家，她问我“进来吗？”，我说不，然后编了个借口离开，后来再没去见她。
When that failed to get her back on her feet, her supervisor cooked up an excuse to send her home for a conference.
在看到凯茜始终无法好起来后，她的上司编了一个回国开会的理由才将她送回美国。
He said to his teacher, Mr. Brack, "Excuse me for my coming late, sir. I watched a football match in my dream. "
他说，以他的老师，先生brack，“对不起，我来晚了，主席先生，我观看了一场足球比赛在我的梦”。
If he has the money and no good excuse for not paying what he owes you, the only solution may be to take him to court.
如果他有钱，而且没有充足的理由不偿还欠你的钱，那将他告上法庭也许是
Earlier, he had secretly arranged to have a friend call him on the phone so he would have an excuse to leave.
他事先安排了朋友给他打电话，这样他就能借故离开。
The discussions give me an excuse to talk to him, fatherly conversations I cannot have with my own father, who would like me to be a lawyer.
讨论问题向我提供了一个同他交谈的机会，我和我父亲从未有过这样的交谈，我父亲希望我将来当律师。
He stands by the accuracy of his work and does not often use the easy excuse of "it's just a movie. "
他坚持其作品遵循的精确性，而很少轻松地以“那不过是一部电影”来作借口搪塞。
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
我若没有来对他们讲话，他们就没有罪；如今呢、他们的罪是无可推诿的了。
Excuse me. How much does it cost for a subway ticket ?
劳驾，请问地铁票多少钱一张？。
May you excuse me for a while, I wanna discuss this topic with you.
能打搅你一会吗？我想和你讨论一下这个问题。
Don't attempt to understand it, or reason with it, or defer it, or deny it entry to your heart with excuse molded from doubt or insecurity.
不要试图去理解爱情，或者给它讲道理，或者将它拖延。或者以基于疑虑或不安全感的借口来拒绝它进入你的内心。
Excuse me for interrupting you, but I'd like to say something about what you've just said.
抱歉打断您，对于您刚才所说的事情，我想说几句。
Excuse me for not going to the door with you.
我不送你到门口了。
But I'm here today to say that difficulty is no excuse for complacency. Unease is no excuse for inaction.
不过，今天我在这里要说的是，困难并不是安于现状的借口，不安也不是无为的借口。
And say "excuse me" when you step on a poor person's toe, just as you say it to a rich one.
踩到穷人脚趾时，也应该说一声“对不起”，就像你对富人这么说一样。
Each time, when presented with a girl who would rather be watching TV than having sex with me, I could have walked away, making an excuse.
每次，遇到宁愿看电视也不愿意和我做爱的女孩，我都应该找个借口，转身离开。但是。
Excuse me for a while. I've got to go out for a telephone.
对不起，我出去一会儿接个电话。
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