英语词汇“self-excuse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

self-excuse n.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfᵻkˈskjuːs/

/ˌsɛlfɛkˈskjuːs/

U.S.

/ˌsɛlfɪkˈskjus/

/ˌsɛlfˌɛkˈskjus/

the action or fact of offering apology or justification for one's actions or faults; a reason given to excuse one's actions or faults.

ΚΠ

1779 Morning Chron. 17 May Having very fully defended himself, and rather made his reply a severe retaliation than a matter of self-excuse.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iv. xxvii. 245 All screening self-excuse..forsook him.

1916 D. G. Phillips Second Generation vii. 101 He..felt that he had done a contemptible thing,..and he was almost despising himself, looking about the while for self-excuses.

2012 Newsweek (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 12 Mar. 36 Schmidt is left to wrestle with his conscience.., gallantly casting aside all self-excuse and self-deception.

单词	self-excuse
释义	> as lemmas self-excuse self-excuse n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfᵻkˈskjuːs/ , /ˌsɛlfɛkˈskjuːs/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfɪkˈskjus/ , /ˌsɛlfˌɛkˈskjus/ the action or fact of offering apology or justification for one's actions or faults; a reason given to excuse one's actions or faults. ΚΠ 1779 Morning Chron. 17 May Having very fully defended himself, and rather made his reply a severe retaliation than a matter of self-excuse. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iv. xxvii. 245 All screening self-excuse..forsook him. 1916 D. G. Phillips Second Generation vii. 101 He..felt that he had done a contemptible thing,..and he was almost despising himself, looking about the while for self-excuses. 2012 Newsweek (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 12 Mar. 36 Schmidt is left to wrestle with his conscience.., gallantly casting aside all self-excuse and self-deception. extracted from self-prefix < as lemmas
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