| 单词 | excuse |
| 释义 | Word Frequency excuseverb (ɪkˈskjuːz) (transitive) 1. to pardon or forgive he always excuses her tardiness 2. to seek pardon or exemption for (a person, esp oneself) to excuse oneself for one's mistakes 3. to make allowances for; judge leniently to excuse someone's ignorance 4. to serve as an apology or explanation for; vindicate or justify her age excuses her behaviour 5. to exempt from a task, obligation, etc you are excused making breakfast 6. to dismiss or allow to leave he asked them to excuse him 7. to seek permission for (someone, esp oneself) to leave she excused herself and left 8. be excused 9. excuse me! noun (ɪkˈskjuːs) 10. an explanation offered in defence of some fault or offensive behaviour or as a reason for not fulfilling an obligation, etc he gave no excuse for his rudeness 11. informal an inferior example of something specified; makeshift; substitute a poor excuse for a hotel 12. the act of excusing Derived forms excusable (exˈcusable) adjective excusableness (exˈcusableness) noun excusably (exˈcusably) adverb Word origin C13: from Latin excusāre, from ex-1 + -cūsare, from causa cause, accusation |
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