excuses

Excuses are ways to get out of owning up to something.

借口是逃避承认很多事情的方式。

Such a widespread view is becoming the "escape goat" and one of the main self-excuses to such failures of their work.

广泛传播的这种看法已经成为气象学家对自己工作失误自我原谅的借口与“替罪羊”。

If I worked harder, I probably could be where Tammy is now in terms of debt reduction and simple living. I have been giving myself excuses.

如果我勤奋工作的话，也许已经过上了如同苔米一样只有少量债务的轻松生活，我只是在给自己找借口罢了。

Though it was too late, their willingness to help was a dramatic contrast to the excuses I had been hearing from the Kidder people.

尽管已经太迟了，但他们帮忙的意愿与我从基德尔的人那里听到的借口形成了鲜明对比。

Dorothy Slaton. Mrs. Slaton was an uncompromising, demanding teacher with high standards and a low tolerance for excuses.

斯莱顿夫人一丝不苟，对学生要求非常严格，高标准，不容忍找任何借口。

And then the police brought you back from the cemetery and you looked at us with those dull, indifferent eyes, and I stopped making excuses.

接着，警方将你从公墓里带回来，你用那对呆滞、漠然的眼神望着我俩，这时我不再去找任何借口。

But after a while an hour and a half was not enough, and I began to think up excuses to miss dinner.

但过了一段时间，一个半小时还不够，我就为了错过饭时编造些借口。

"Against Juventus it would be easy to find excuses, since they have so many champions, " revealed Brienza.

布里恩扎说：“对阵尤文这样拥有众多冠军的球队，会有很多借口。”

None of that excuses the mess it has made of its banking system.

地中海国家没有一个原谅这种银行体系制造的混乱。

She gave many excuses, but what they added up to was that she didn't want to be troubled.

她找了许多借口，但根本的意思是不愿意受到打扰。

She gave many excuses, but what they added up to was that she did not want to come.

她提出了种种借口，但只不过说明她不想来。

From already we ask for excuses for the happened waiting be able to understand that the mistake has not been ours but of the customs agent.

希望你能够理解这次意外所造成的延误，延误并非由我们引起而是报关代理人引起。

It's a very selfish environment and that sense, because as you know, you can't make excuses afterwards.

那是一个非常自私的环境，非常自私的感觉，因为你知道，你不能事后找借口。

You can build an online business that supports your lifestyle, if you're ready to stop making excuses and start taking action.

如果你已经停止寻找借口并开始采取行动，那么你就可以建立起能够支持你生活方式的网上交易。

Not any more, I've discovered that some of those excuses are the result of the high voltage, electronic existence we live today.

现在再也不用这样了，因为我发现，我们找的这些理由都是源于我们生活中那些电子设备。

"Smith! " the manager cried out in a voice like thunder "None of your excuses! Go start work at once! "

“史密斯！”经理用象雷一样的声音大喊，“你不要找借口！给我立即开始工作。”

Not fulfilling these tasks may keep you from moving up to a higher position, due to your apparent undependability, instability, or excuses.

没有完成这些任务将使你由于表面上的不可靠、不稳定或错误，妨碍了提升自己职位的机会。

He made all sorts of excuses and frequently crossed himself as he spoke.

他找各种借口推脱，一边说，一边不停地在胸前画十字。

He added that the message could be more productive and actionable than just a list of excuses on why Agile would not work.

他补充道，PPT所说的内容可以更加有针对性和可执行性，而不是就是一份敏捷行不通的理由清单。

He kept on making up excuses for his failure to finish the task as if a thousand lies would add up to the truth.

他不停地编着各种借口来解释为何没有完成任务，好像一千个谎言加起来就可以等于实情。