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。

n.

1. 辯解[C][U]
2. 理由；藉口[C][U]
   There is no excuse for this chaotic state of affairs.

   事情弄得如此之亂，已經沒有什麼理由可說了。

3. 原諒，饒恕[C]
4. 請假條[C]
   I wrote an excuse for my absence from school.

   我寫了一張請假條，說明缺課的原因。

5. 歉意，道歉[P]

v.

1. try or serve to justify (a fault or offence); mitigate.
   ▸forgive (a fault or offence, or a person committing one).
2. 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.

1. a defence or justification of a fault or offence.
2. something said to conceal the real reason for an action.
3. (an excuse for) informal a poor or inadequate example of.