excuse學測 L2KK [ɪˈkskjus] ｜ /ɪˈkskjus/
藉口；辯解·請假理由；請假條·原諒；寬恕·通融；不予追究·告退；請求離席·准予免除；豁免
學測必考字，名詞動詞義項易混淆
Excuse me, I still need a good excuse for being late again.
不好意思，我還是需要一個好藉口，因為我又遲到了。
一個畫面：鬆手放行
遞出理由拿藉口換一次通融
鬆手放人不追究，讓對方過關
起身告退開口請求先行離開
義項
遲到藉口A2noun藉口；辯解
He came up with a weak excuse for being late, claiming that his alarm clock didn't go off.
他為遲到找了個薄弱的藉口，聲稱鬧鐘沒響。
a weak excusea good excuse
書面請假B2noun請假理由；請假條
John couldn't come to school, so he wrote an excuse saying he was sick.
John沒辦法來上學，所以他寫了一張請假條，說明自己生病了。
a written excusea valid excuse
原諒缺課B1verb原諒；寬恕
The teacher decided to excuse the student's absence from class because of a family emergency.
老師決定原諒這名學生因家庭緊急狀況而缺課。
excuse a mistakeexcuse an error
通融遲到B1verb通融；不予追究
The coach excused the team for being late because of the heavy rain.
教練通融了這支隊伍的遲到，因為當時雨下得很大。
excuse the messexcuse a delay
起身告退B2verb告退；請求離席
She excused herself from the table to answer the phone.
她向大家告退，離開餐桌去接電話。
excuse yourself from a meeting
生病免課B1verb准予免除；豁免
The teacher excused the student from class due to illness.
老師准了這名學生因生病而免上課。
excused from classexcused from duty
片語
excuse me借過一下 →禮貌引起注意或借過
make excuses找藉口拖延 →一直為自己找藉口
excuse yourself起身告退 →禮貌地先行離開
no excuse for說不過去 →某行為毫無正當理由
你會不會這樣說？
He tried to ___ his absence by saying he was sick. (excuse / accuse)
看答案
excuse
excuse 是找藉口、辯解，accuse 是指控，兩字只差一個字母。
「She excused herself from the table to answer the phone.」這裡的 excuse 最接近下列哪個意思？(A) 藉口 (B) 告退離開 (C) 原諒
看答案
(B)
此句描述禮貌地請求離開，對應「告退；請求離席」義項。
字族
excusable 可原諒的；情有可原・inexcusable 不可原諒的；說不過去