動變: 過去式:excused 過去分詞:excused 現在進行時:excusing
名複: excuses
excuse
KK:[ɪkˈskjuz ɪkˈskjus] DJ:[ikˈskjuːz ikˈskjuːs]
vt.
- 原諒[（+for）]
- 辯解；成為……的理由；試圖開脫[+v-ing]
- 免除[（+from）][O1]
- 准許……離去；讓……走開[O2]
n.
- 辯解[C][U]
- 理由；藉口[C][U]
- 原諒，饒恕[C]
- 請假條[C]
- 歉意，道歉[P]
片語
Excuse me
- 請原諒（用於麻煩別人時）
- 對不起（用於道歉或沒聽清對方的話時）
excuse oneself
- 要求得到原諒；為自己辯解
- 請求免除；請求准予離開
in excuse of
- 作為……辯解
make one's excuses
- 表示歉意
辨析
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
v.
/ɪkˈskjuːz, ɛk-/- try or serve to justify (a fault or offence); mitigate. ▸forgive (a fault or offence, or a person committing one).
- release from a duty or requirement. ▸(used in polite formulas) allow to leave a room or gathering.▸ (excuse oneself) say politely that one is leaving.
n.
/ɪkˈskjuːs, ɛk-/- a defence or justification of a fault or offence.
- something said to conceal the real reason for an action.
- (an excuse for) informal a poor or inadequate example of.
Phrase
- excuse me
a polite apology for an interruption, asking someone to move, etc.▸N. Amer. used to ask someone to repeat a remark.
Derivative
- excusable adj.
- excusably adv.
- excusatory adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. escuser (v.), from L. excusare ‘to free from blame’, from ex- ‘out’ + causa ‘accusation, cause’.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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