excuse 的 2 个定义
ex·cused, ex·cus·ing.
- to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook: Excuse his bad manners.
- to offer an apology for; seek to remove the blame of: He excused his absence by saying that he was ill.
- to serve as an apology or justification for; justify: Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
- (7)
- an explanation offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or for release from an obligation, promise, etc.: His excuse for being late was unacceptable.
- a ground or reason for excusing or being excused: Ignorance is no excuse.
- the act of excusing someone or something.
- (5)
excuse 近义词
reason, explanation
excuse 的近义词 36 个
- alibi
- apology
- justification
- pretext
- rationalization
- substitute
- trick
- cleanup
- cover
- defense
- disguise
- evasion
- expedient
- extenuation
- grounds
- jive
- makeshift
- mitigation
- plea
- regrets
- routine
- semblance
- shift
- song
- stall
- stopgap
- story
- subterfuge
- vindication
- whitewash
- cop-out
- cover story
- coverup
- fish story
- song and dance
- why and wherefore
excuse 的反义词 1 个
forgive, absolve; justify
excuse 的近义词 46 个
- acquit
- condone
- defend
- exempt
- exonerate
- explain
- forgive
- indulge
- let go
- pardon
- relieve
- spare
- tolerate
- alibi
- appease
- clear
- cover
- discharge
- exculpate
- extenuate
- free
- liberate
- mitigate
- overlook
- pretext
- purge
- rationalize
- release
- remit
- reprieve
- shrive
- vindicate
- whitewash
- apologize for
- bear with
- dispense from
- exempt from
- give absolution
- grant amnesty
- let off
- make allowances for
- pass over
- plead ignorance
- shrug off
- take rap for
- wink at
excuse 的反义词 19 个
更多excuse例句
- Traditional absentee excuses include military deployments or illness.
- In fact, Texas is one of only six remaining states that are using strict lists of excuses to decide who can vote by mail this year.
- Without broader change, Markowitz argued, the city will probably just find another law to use as an excuse to punish speech they don’t like.
- That takes care of those five and whatever excuses might be connected to how they were obtained and who did what to obtain them.
- If your organization is smaller, don’t use the small sample size as an excuse to avoid this work.
- Whatever the excuse, in 2008 we were all subjected to Celebrity Apprentice.
- Augustus, also known as Augustus the Strong, was a party-boy, and loved any excuse to celebrate.
- This same fear has recently resurfaced as the number one excuse for blocking a proposed subway through Beverly Hills.
- But since the government has now permitted the River God to leave the U.K., that excuse can no longer wash.
- In it, Weber suggested approaching a woman with lines like: “Excuse me, but you look beautiful.”
- One of the simplest of these childish tricks is the invention of an excuse for not instantly obeying a command, as "Come here!"
- Could he be conscious of all this, and not excuse the unsteady youth—accuse himself?
- I must admit that there is some excuse for you; the pearl of Andalusia is undoubtedly ravissante.
- "A woman's particular reason is a man's feeble excuse," murmured Sir Lucien rudely.
- Now she knew why her expected guest had not come last night, or remembered to send an excuse.