make an excuse (for sth)
She made an excuse for her absence.
她为自己的缺席找了个借口。
借口；辩解
excuses — plural of excuse
请假条；假条；抗辩；辩护；不像样的东西；拙劣样品；逃避或减轻内疚的解释；为过错辩护的托词；对冒犯行为或失信等的辩解；借口
A reason you give to explain or defend a mistake or failure, especially one meant to avoid blame.
逃避或减轻内疚的解释；为过错辩护的托词
An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
对冒犯行为或失信等的辩解；借口
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
承认行为但主张特殊情节免除责任的法律辩护
A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
解释缺勤的便条；请假条
a note explaining an absence
劣质品的例子
An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
糟糕的例子；不像样的样品
a poor example
He made an excuse for being late.
他迟到了找了个借口。
用法提示：这里“excuse”用作名词，表示“借口”。
AI contextual example
She had no excuse for her rude behavior.
她的粗鲁行为毫无借口。
用法提示：这里“excuse”用作名词，表示“理由”或“借口”。
AI contextual example
Please accept my sincere excuses for the inconvenience.
请接受我对造成不便的诚恳道歉。
用法提示：这里“excuses”是复数形式的名词，表示“致歉”或“理由”。
AI contextual example
She made an excuse for her absence.
她为自己的缺席找了个借口。
There is no excuse for such behavior.
这种行为没有任何借口。
常用于否定形式或表示毫无理由。
He failed to show up without excuse.
他没有任何理由就缺席了。
He declined the invitation on the excuse of being busy.
他以忙碌为借口谢绝了邀请。
比 excuse 更强调合理性，常用于正式场合
暗示借口是虚假的，带有贬义
特指法律或特定情境下的不在场证据
语气较强，多用于法律或正式争辩
侧重于承认错误并表达歉意，而非辩解
grammar · medium
易错句子He gave excuse for his absence.
正确表达He gave an excuse for his absence.
“excuse”作名词时为可数名词，前面需要加冠词或限定词。
grammar · medium
易错句子What is your excuse of being late?
正确表达What is your excuse for being late?
名词“excuse”后接介词“for”表示原因，而不是“of”。
找借口
He made an excuse for being late.
他为迟到找了个借口。
有理由
She has a good excuse for not coming.
她有不来的充分理由。
提出借口
He offered a weak excuse for his mistake.
他为自己的错误提出了一个站不住脚的借口。
接受借口
The teacher accepted his excuse after he explained.
老师在他解释后接受了他的借口。
ex- (prefix: out) + -cuse (root: cause)
ac- (prefix: to) + -cuse (root: cause)
ex- (prefix: out) + -clude (root: shut)
常与借口相关，因为人们常为错误找借口
借口常用来推卸或减轻过错
借口是一种不真实的理由
借口往往是一种不诚实的解释
借口是自我辩护的一种形式
对不起，打扰一下；请问
Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the station?
打扰一下，你能告诉我去车站的路吗？
找借口
He made an excuse for being late.
他为自己迟到找了个借口。
为自己辩解；请求原谅
She excused herself for her rude behavior.
她为自己的粗鲁行为道歉。
不懂法律不能作为借口。
Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
不懂法律不能作为借口。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.