excuse

vt. 原谅, 申辩, 做为...的托辞
n. 致歉, 理由, 饶恕, 借口
【法】 原谅, 宽恕, 赦免
相关词组:
excuse oneself from...
in excuse of...

动词过去式:excused 过去分词:excused 现在分词:excusing 第三人称单数:excuses 副词:excusably 名词:excusableness 形容词:excusable 

ex.cuse

v.tr.（及物动词）
ex.cused,ex.cus.ing,ex.cus.es


To explain (a fault or an offense) in the hope of being forgiven or understood:
辩解，托词：希望被原谅或理解而解释（过失或冒犯）：
例句：
He arrived late and excused his tardiness in a flimsy manner.
他来晚了，而且还以薄弱的借口来辩解他的迟到

To seek to remove the blame from:
要求原谅：试图免于被…责备：
例句：
She excused herself for being late.
她为她的迟到辩解



To grant pardon to; forgive:
宽恕；原谅：
例句：
We quickly excused the latecomer.
我们很快原谅了迟到者

To make allowance for; overlook:
许可；宽容：
例句：
Readers must excuse the author`s youth and inexperience.See Synonyms at forgive
读者必须宽恕作者的年轻和缺乏经验参见 forgive

To serve as justification for:
证明为正当的：
例句：
Brilliance does not excuse bad manners.
才华不能成为无礼行为的正当理由

To free, as from an obligation or duty; exempt:
免除责任：使免除责任或义务；免除：
例句：
In my state, physicians and lawyers are excused from jury duty.
在我看来，医生和律师都应免除当陪审团的义务

To give permission to leave; release:
准许离开；放开：
例句：
The child ate quickly and asked to be excused.
那孩子吃得很快并请求准许离开

n.（名词）

An explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness.
理由；藉口：为…提供理由或为获得谅解而做的解释
A reason or grounds for excusing:
开脱的原因或根据：
例句：
Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law.
无知不能成为违反法律的理由

The act of excusing.
辩护行为
A note explaining an absence.
请假条：解释缺席的字条
Informal An inferior example:
【非正式用语】 拙劣样品：
例句：
a poor excuse for a poet; a sorry excuse for a car.
拙劣的诗；蹩脚汽车


来源：
Middle English excusen
中古英语 excusen
from Old French excuser
源自 古法语 excuser
from Latin excôs3re
源自 拉丁语 excôs3re
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前缀，表‘前任的，从前的.]
causa [accusation] * see cause
causa [指责] *参见 cause

【引伸】
excus.able
adj.（形容词）
excus.ableness
n.（名词）
excus.ably
adv.（副词）
excus.er
n.（名词）