| 单词 | excuse |
| 释义 | ex·cuse I. transitive verb 1. a. < he excused his delay as due to the weather > b. < excusing himself for his delay > 2. a. < asked the school principal to excuse the boys from religious services > b. obsolete 3. < we excuse irregular conduct when circumstances justify it > 4. < it is easy to excuse one's own faults > — often used as an introductory apology (as when interrupting or expressing disagreement) < excuse me, but do you mind if I shut the window? > 5. a. < the judge excused the young man's fine because of the unusual circumstances > b. < class is excused > < you are excused the rest of the translation > 6. a. < one's own assurance of propriety cannot excuse jeopardizing another's happiness > < perhaps, knowing what you do, you can excuse him > b. obsolete intransitive verb < while some accuse, others excuse > : serve as an excuse < such loving self-sacrifice goes far toward excusing > Synonyms: < the plea of ‘frontier conditions’ could no longer excuse the lack of an adequate public-school system — American Guide Series: Michigan > < guilty of contributory negligence, in default, at least, of special circumstances excusing the omission — B.N.Cardozo > < the injustice with which he had been treated would have excused him if he had resorted to violent methods of redress — T.B.Macaulay > condone may indicate accepting without protest, censure, or punishment some reprehensible action or condition because of circumstances < those Anglo-Saxon critics of the brutality of the bullfight who condone the hunting of the fox or the killing of deer — W.D.Patterson > < often he got into scrapes, but they were the manly scrapes that are easily condoned — D.H.Lawrence > < institutionalized suicide, condoned, approved, or even exacted by a code and therefore by the culture — A.L.Kroeber > pardon may indicate waiving of punishment or censure and reinstatement to grace especially by a superior and in legal, formal, or social situations < pardoned by the state governor > < it became necessary for us both to fly for our lives. In the circumstances we could not look to be pardoned, even on the score of youth — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < the most good-natured of women pardoned the error — W.M.Thackeray > forgive may apply to genuine, sincere change of feeling whereby resentment and desire for retaliation on or punishment of an offender are no longer felt < the Mayor invariably gazed stormfully past him, like one who had endured and lost on his account, and could in no sense forgive the wrong — Thomas Hardy > < he forgave injuries so readily that he might be said to invite them — T.B.Macaulay > II. 1. < pleading so wisely in excuse of it — Shakespeare > 2. a. < what's your excuse for being late this morning? > < he made his ill health an excuse for everything > b. excuses plural < make my excuses to your cousin, I'm sorry to miss her tea > c. 3. a. < I suppose his youth is an excuse for his flighty ways > < forgetfulness is no excuse for bad manners > b. < such loveliness is enough excuse for being > 4. < finally turned in a blotted excuse for a composition > < this rattletrap is a poor excuse for a car > Synonyms: see apology |
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