excusing

英 [ɪkˈskjuːzɪŋ]

美 [ɪkˈskjuːzɪŋ]

v.  原谅; 宽恕; 为…辩解(或找理由); 准许…离开; 请求准予离开; (离开前)请求原谅
excuse的现在分词

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /ɪk'skjuːs/. The verb is pronounced /ɪk'skjuːz/. 名词读作 /ɪk'skjuːs/。动词读作 /ɪk'skjuːz/。


• N-COUNT 借口;理由;辩解
  Anexcuseis a reason which you give in order to explain why something has been done or has not been done, or in order to avoid doing something.
  1. It is easy to find excuses for his indecisiveness...
     为他的犹豫不决寻找借口是很容易的。
  2. Once I had had a baby I had the perfect excuse to stay at home...
     一旦有了宝宝，我就完全有理由呆在家里了。
  3. If you stop making excuses and do it you'll wonder what took you so long.
     如果你不再找理由而是干些实事，你就会惊讶自己怎么浪费了这么多时间。
• VERB （尤指别人不赞同时）为…辩解，为…寻找理由
  Toexcusesomeone orexcusetheir behaviour means to provide reasons for their actions, especially when other people disapprove of these actions.
  1. He excused himself by saying he was 'forced to rob to maintain my wife and cat'...
     他辩解说自己是“为了供养妻子和猫儿被迫去抢劫的”。
  2. That doesn't excuse my mother's behaviour.
     那并不能为我母亲的行为辩解。
• VERB 原谅;宽恕
  If youexcusesomeoneforsomething wrong that they have done, you forgive them for it.
  1. Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities.
     很多人可能已经原谅了他们逃避责任的行为。
• VERB 使免除（责任、义务等）
  If someoneis excused froma duty or responsibility, they are told that they do not have to carry it out.
  1. She is usually excused from her duties during the school holidays...
     在学校放假期间，她通常不必担负职责。
  2. She was excused duties on Saturday.
     星期六她不用工作。
• VERB 准许…离开;让…离开
  If youexcuse yourself, you use a phrase such as 'Excuse me' as a polite way of saying that you are about to leave.
  1. He excused himself and went up to his room.
     他告辞后回到他楼上的房间。
• CONVENTION 对不起，劳驾，打扰一下（用于礼貌地引起注意，尤其是要提问时）
  You say 'Excuse me' when you want to politely get someone's attention, especially when you are about to ask them a question.
  1. Excuse me, but are you Mr Honig?
     请问，您是霍尼格先生吗？
• CONVENTION 对不起，抱歉（用于因打扰或打断对方而道歉）
  You useexcuse meto apologize to someone when you have disturbed or interrupted them.
  1. Excuse me interrupting, but there's a thing I feel I've got to say.
     抱歉打断一下，我觉得有件事我得说。
• CONVENTION 对不起，抱歉（用于礼貌地表示要离开或者停止和对方交谈）
  You useexcuse meor a phrase such asif you'll excuse meas a polite way of indicating that you are about to leave or that you are about to stop talking to someone.
  1. 'Excuse me,' she said to Jarvis, and left the room...
     “抱歉出去一下，”她对贾维斯说，然后离开了房间。
  2. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got work to do.
     对不起，这会儿我有工作要做。
• CONVENTION 对不起，抱歉（用于表示反对）
  You useexcuse me, butto indicate that you are about to disagree with someone.
  1. Excuse me, but I want to know what all this has to do with us.
     抱歉，我想知道所有这些和我们有什么关系。
• CONVENTION 对不起，抱歉，借过（用于因为撞到某人或者在人群中挤过时表示道歉）
  You sayexcuse meto apologize when you have bumped into someone, or when you need to move past someone in a crowd.
  1. Saying excuse me, pardon me, Seaton pushed his way into the crowded living room.
     西顿一边说对不起、借过，一边挤过人群进入拥挤的客厅。
• 抱歉，对不起（用于为打嗝、打喷嚏等失礼行为道歉）
  You sayexcuse meto apologize when you have done something slightly embarrassing or impolite, such as burping, hiccupping, or sneezing.
• 对不起，请再说一遍
  You say 'Excuse me?' to show that you want someone to repeat what they have just said.

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 pardon, sorry

双语例句

• At the opposite end of the spectrum are those who use procrastination ( generally not on a conscious level) as a means of excusing work which they know is of poor quality.
  另一种极端就是，有些人利用拖延（通常是无意识的）作为一种手段，为他们明知质量低劣的工作找借口。
• This is the same guy who got notes from his parents excusing him for being sick all the way from pre-school to National Guard duty.
  这是同一个人从他的父母那里得到的记录，有着争议的他从幼儿园到负责国民警卫队，一直有病。
• The vice president admitted taking bribes, excusing it as momentary weakness.
  副总统承认接受过贿赂，但辩称那只是一时的意志薄弱。
• Every religion in the world has had a subset of devotees who seek a direct, transcendent experience with God, excusing themselves from fundamentalist scriptural or dogmatic study in order to personally encounter the divine.
  世界上的每一种宗教，都有一小群信徒追求与神之间进行直接而不平凡的体验，脱离教义经文或教条学习，只为了亲身与神邂逅。
• Let us start with criminal law and its excusing conditions.
  让我们从刑法及其免责条件着手。
• To be sure, she did not mind noise, but she simply would not have them grabbing things, and then excusing themselves by saying that Tootles had pushed their elbow.
  当然，温迪并不怎么在乎吵闹，可是，她不能允许他们抢东西吃，还说图图撞了他们的胳臂。
• It was that way with everything: instead of doing things for me, or excusing me, my mother insisted I find a way to do them myself.
  做什么事都这样：我妈妈从不替我干，也不放任我，坚持要我自己设法去做。
• Still thawing hear chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter," Look, I'm not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it. "
  几个小时后，还在设法使冰冷的身体暖和过来的她对一名记者说：“瞧，我并不是给自己找借口，可是我要是能看见陆地的话，也许就已经成功了。”
• "Sorry, but we don't speak Turkish" said my target to me with acute excusing face.
  “对不起，我们不说土耳其语”目标脸带抱歉的说。
• Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers.
  被法官或父母或老师从家务杂事中给予轻微的处罚。