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excuses — plural of excuse
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a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
he kept finding excuses to stay
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a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
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a note explaining an absence
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a poor example
every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
it was an apology for a meal
a poor excuse for an automobile
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该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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