excuse

vt.

1. 原諒[（+for）]
   Please excuse the offence this time: I will not do it again.

   請原諒這次冒犯：我以後再也不會了。

   Please excuse me if I have left any of your questions unanswered.

   如果我還有什麼問題沒有回答你的話，請原諒。

2. 辯解；成為……的理由；試圖開脫[+v-ing]
   She excused her absence by saying that she was ill.

   她為她的缺席申辯，說是病了。

3. 免除[（+from）][O1]
   I'd rather be excused from the meeting.

   我希望能不參加那個會議。

4. 准許……離去；讓……走開[O2]
   Please excuse me for a while.

   請允許我離開一會兒。