Excuse

(noun.) a note explaining an absence; 'he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him'.

(noun.) a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; 'he kept finding excuses to stay'; 'every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job'; 'his transparent self-justification was unacceptable'.

(verb.) excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; 'excuse someone's behavior'; 'She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities'.

(verb.) serve as a reason or cause or justification of; 'Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work'; 'Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again'.

(verb.) grant exemption or release to; 'Please excuse me from this class'.

(verb.) ask for permission to be released from an engagement.

(verb.) accept an excuse for; 'Please excuse my dirty hands'.

杰勒德整理

• His excuse was that his father refused his consent. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Excuse me, Lady Dedlock, says Mr. Tulkinghorn, quite unmoved. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• If as a set-off (excuse the legal phrase from a barrister-at-law) you would like to ask Tippins to tea, I pledge myself to make love to her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• You will excuse her not coming to youshe is not ableshe is gone into her own roomI want her to lie down upon the bed. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Pray excuse me, Mrs. Lydgate. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I made the first civil excuse that occurred to me for leaving Mr. Gilmore, and returned at once to the house. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The drone said unaffectedly, You will excuse me; I really cannot attend to the shop! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There are no privileges, no rebates, and no excuses in the Kingdom of Heaven. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• You will make my excuses, my dear, as civilly as possible. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I was rather disappointed that I did not hear from her again speedily; but I made excuses for her, and was too busy, andmay I add? 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• There is no time to be lost, he went on, now speaking in French; and let us thrust to the wall all reluctance, all excuses, all minauderies. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I rose, and, making my excuses, escaped from the house. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Hence he was not ready to frame excuses for this deliberate pursuit of small gains. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Make my excuses to him for not joining you both. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• If she had been in great pain one would have excused it, but she only wanted to bring us all here: I know her naughty tricks. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Mrs. Strong had declined to play, on the ground of not feeling very well; and her cousin Maldon had excused himself because he had some packing to do. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• If a woman can ever be excused for thinking only of herself, it is in a situation like Jane Fairfax's. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Clennam had excused himself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• As Elinor was certain of seeing her in a couple of minutes, without taking that liberty, she begged to be excused. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• The simple morning meal now smoked on the table, for Mrs. Shelby had excused Aunt Chloe's attendance at the great house that morning. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I thought, my father, said Lucie, excusing herself, with a pale face and in a faltering voice, that I heard strange feet upon the stairs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Sissy, who all this time had been faintly excusing herself with tears in her eyes, was now waved over by the master of the house to Mr. Gradgrind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He was at Mr. Letterblair's punctually at seven, glad of the pretext for excusing himself soon after dinner. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• In excusing himself on account of a particular engagement, he offered the use of his apartment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He stayed but a little while, excusing himself on the ground that he had a cold; and Mary did not reappear before he left the house. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• These weaklings became self-excusing, self-indulging scoundrels. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He wrote and sent off a brief note excusing himself for that day, and ordered dinner presently in his own rooms at the hotel. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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