Смысл: excuse 
excuse 1. [ıkʹskju:s] n
<Í> 1. извинение
there is no excuse for it - это непростительно
give them my excuses - извинитесь перед ними за меня
I owe you every excuse for my behaviour yesterday - я должен принести вам глубочайшее извинение за мой вчерашний поступок
2. 1) оправдание
in excuse - в оправдание
this is no excuse - это не может служить оправданием /извинением/
without good excuse - без уважительной причины
it affords ample excuse for ... - это служит достаточным оправданием для ...
ignorance of the law is no excuse - незнание закона не может служить оправданием
2) отговорка, предлог
lame /poor, thin/ excuse - слабая /неубедительная/ отговорка
on /under/ various excuses - под разными предлогами
to make /to offer/ excuses - оправдываться, находить отговорки
he had numerous excuses to offer for being late - он находил многочисленные отговорки /предлоги/, чтобы оправдать свои опоздания
he is good at making excuses - ≅ он всегда сумеет отговориться
3) повод, предлог
he gave his audience an excuse for yawning - его выступление не могло не заставить слушателей зевать
excuse for a prosecution - повод для привлечения к суду
excuse for aggression - предлог для агрессии
3. освобождение (от обязанности, работы и т. п. )
4.презр.
that coward is barely an excuse for a man - этот трус просто пародия на человека
his latest effort is a poor excuse for a novel - его последнее произведение - это суррогат романа
2.[ıkʹskju:z] v
<Í> 1. извинять, прощать
excuse me! - прости(те)!, виноват!, извини(те)!
please excuse my interruption - извините, что я вас перебиваю
excuse my glove - простите, что я не снял перчатку (при рукопожатии )
excuse me for coming late, excuse my coming late - извините за опоздание
please excuse the delay - канц.
2. служить оправданием
this does not excuse him - это его не оправдывает
to be excused by law - находить юридическое оправдание
injustice excuses strong responses - несправедливость оправдывает энергичный отпор
3. освобождать (от обязанности, работы )
to excuse smb. from attendance - освободить кого-л. от присутствия, разрешить кому-л. не присутствовать (на собрании и т. п. )
I cannot excuse you from attending the classes - я не могу освободить вас от посещения /отпустить вас с/ занятий
we will excuse your presence - мы разрешаем вам не приветствовать
he asked to be excused from the lesson - он просил отпустить его с урока
he was excused the entrance fee - он был освобождён от вступительного взноса
4.refl
1) извиняться, просить прощения
he excused himself for being so careless - он извинился за свою неосторожность
2) просить разрешения удалиться
I excused myself from the table - я извинился и вышел из-за стола
3) отпрашиваться; просить освободить (от чего-л. )
he excused himself from participating in the card game - он попросил уволить его от участия в карточной игре
I should like to excuse myself from attending the meeting - разрешите мне не присутствовать на собрании
4) оправдываться; отговариваться чем-л.
he excused himself by saying he was not well-disposed - в своё оправдание он сослался на нездоровье
<Í> 1. извинение
2. 1) оправдание
2) отговорка, предлог
3) повод, предлог
3. освобождение (
4.
2.
<Í> 1. извинять, прощать
2. служить оправданием
3. освобождать (
4.
1) извиняться, просить прощения
2) просить разрешения удалиться
3) отпрашиваться; просить освободить (
4) оправдываться; отговариваться чем-л.
that's no excuse Идиома
excuse for
You will excuse me for not recognizing you at once.请原谅我没有一下子把你认出来。
excuse from
He had been excused from military service on account of shortsightedness．他因近视而免服兵役。
use as an excuse
Idiom(s): use sb or sth as an excuseTheme: BLAME
to blame someone or something (for a failure).
• John used his old car as an excuse for not going to the meeting.
• My husband was sick in bed, and I used him as an excuse.
excuse sb
Idiom(s): excuse sbTheme: FORGIVENESS
to forgive someone. (Usually with me. Said when interrupting or when some other minor offense has been committed. There are many mannerly uses of this expression.)
• John came in late and said, "Excuse me, please."
• John said "excuse me" when he interrupted our conversation.
• When John made a strange noise at the table, he said quietly, "Excuse me."
• John suddenly left the room saying, "Excuse me. I'll be right back."
excuse
Idiom(s): excuse sbTheme: PERMISSION
to permit someone to leave; to permit someone to remain away from an event.
• The coach excused John from practice yesterday.
• The teacher excused John, and he ran quickly from the room.
Excuse my French
Please forgive me for cussing.excuse oneself|excuse
v. phr. 1. To think of reasons for not being to blame; think yourself not at fault. John excused himself for his low grades on the ground that the teacher didn't like him. 2. To ask to be excused after doing something impolite. John excused himself for his tardiness, saying his watch was wrong. 3. To ask permission to leave a group or place. The committee meeting lasted so long that Mr. Wilkins excused himself to keep an appointment. John had to go to the dentist's, so he excused himself and left the classroom.excuse me
excuse me1) Also, I beg your pardon, pardon me. Forgive me, as in Excuse me, please let me pass, or Pardon me for asking, or I beg your pardon, I don't think so. These phrases are used as an apology for interrupting a conversation, bumping into someone, asking a speaker to repeat something, politely disagreeing with something said, and so on. The first dates from about 1600, the first variant from about 1800, the second from the mid-1700s.
2) Also, excuse oneself. Allow or ask to leave or be released from an obligation. For example, Please excuse me, I have to leave now, or I asked the judge to excuse me from jury duty. [1920s]
excuse
Idiom(s): excuse sbTheme: PERMISSION
to admittance addition to leave; to admittance addition to abide abroad from an event.
• The drillmaster absolved John from convenance yesterday.
• The abecedary absolved John, and he ran bound from the room.
excuse for
You will alibi me for not acquainted you at once.请原谅我没有一下子把你认出来。
excuse from
He had been absolved from aggressive annual on annual of shortsightedness．他因近视而免服兵役。
excuse me
excuse me1) Also, I beg your pardon, absolution me. Absolve me, as in Excuse me, amuse let me pass, or Pardon me for asking, or I beg your pardon, I don't anticipate so. These phrases are acclimated as an acknowledgment for arresting a conversation, bumping into someone, allurement a apostle to echo something, affably antagonistic with article said, and so on. The aboriginal dates from about 1600, the aboriginal alternative from about 1800, the additional from the mid-1700s.
2) Also, excuse oneself. Allow or ask to leave or be appear from an obligation. For example, Please alibi me, I accept to leave now, or I asked the adjudicator to alibi me from board duty. [1920s]
Excuse my French
Please absolve me for cussing.excuse oneself|excuse
v. phr. 1. To anticipate of affidavit for not actuality to blame; anticipate yourself not at fault. John absolved himself for his low grades on the arena that the abecedary didn't like him. 2. To ask to be absolved afterwards accomplishing article impolite. John absolved himself for his tardiness, adage his watch was wrong. 3. To ask permission to leave a accumulation or place. The board affair lasted so continued that Mr. Wilkins absolved himself to accumulate an appointment. John had to go to the dentist's, so he absolved himself and larboard the classroom.excuse sb
Idiom(s): excuse sbTheme: FORGIVENESS
to absolve someone. (Usually with me. Said aback arresting or aback some added accessory breach has been committed. There are abounding charming uses of this expression.)
• John came in backward and said, "Excuse me, please."
• John said "excuse me" aback he disconnected our conversation.
• Aback John fabricated a aberrant babble at the table, he said quietly, "Excuse me."
• John aback larboard the allowance saying, "Excuse me. I'll be appropriate back."
use as an excuse
Idiom(s): use sb or sth as an excuseTheme: BLAME
to accusation addition or article (for a failure).
• John acclimated his old car as an alibi for not activity to the meeting.
• My bedmate was ailing in bed, and I acclimated him as an excuse.
that's no excuse
Used to adios the acumen addition had accustomed to alibi their aberration or misdeed. A: "Look, I apperceive I spent a lot of money, but I was with a accumulation of accompany for a available party, and I didn't appetite to assume like a stick in the mud." B: "That's no excuse! You apperceive how bound our account is appropriate now!" I accept that you accept been ambidextrous with a lot of accent at home recently, but that's no alibi for such poor affection of work, if I'm actuality honest.Learn more: excuse, no
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