excuse me [spoken]

FORGIVE 原谅, to forgive someone for doing something that is not seriously wrong, such as being rude or careless

原谅〔某人的小错〕:

I'll excuse you this time, but don't be late again.

这次我原谅你，但别再迟到了。

Please excuse my bad handwriting.

请原谅我的字写得不好。

Please excuse me for being so late today.

请原谅我今天来得太晚了。

Smith can be excused for his lack of interest in the course (=his lack of interest is reasonable) .

史密斯对本课程不感兴趣是情有可原的。

FROM A DUTY 免除责任, [usually passive] to allow someone not to do something that they are supposed to do

免除〔某人〕的责任:

Can I be excused from swimming today? I have a cold.

我今天能不去游泳吗？ 我感冒了。

EXPLAIN 解释, to be or give a good reason for someone's careless or offensive behaviour

为…开脱; 给…找理由:

Nothing can excuse that kind of rudeness.

什么也无法为那种粗鲁行为开脱。

FROM A PLACE 离开某处, to give someone permission to leave a place

准许…离开:

May I please be excused from the table?

我可以离开饭桌了吗？

excuse yourself, to say politely that you need to leave a place

礼貌地告辞:

Richard excused himself and went to his room.

理查德礼貌地告辞，到自己的房间去了。

excuse me (for living)!, [spoken] used when someone has offended you or told you that you have done something wrong

实在对不住了！

a reason that you give to explain careless or offensive behaviour

〔辩解的〕理由:

What's your excuse for being late this time?

你迟到了，这次还有什么理由？

I'm tired of listening to his excuses.

我听厌了他找的种种理由。

Fay's always making excuses for her husband's odd behavior.

费伊老是为她丈夫的古怪行为找理由。

I'm sure Mike has a good excuse for not coming.

我认为迈克没来肯定有正当的理由。

That's a lame excuse.

那是个牵强的借口。

a reason that you invent to explain an action and to hide your real intentions

虚假的理由; 托词，借口:

I need an excuse to call her.

我给她打电话需要有个借口。

The conference is an excellent excuse for a few days' holiday by the sea.

参加这个会议为在海边度几天假提供了绝好的借口。

Illness was used as an excuse so the defendant could avoid trial.

被告用生病作为借口来逃避审判。

They were looking for any excuse to start a fight.

他们在寻衅打架。

I made an excuse at the first possible moment, and got up to leave.

一有机会我就找了个借口起身离开了。

The arrival of the doctor gave them an excuse to leave.

医生的到来使他们有借口离开。

there is no excuse for sth, used to say that someone's behaviour is too bad to be explained or accepted

某事怎么说都不对:

There is no excuse for such rudeness.

这种无理行为实在说不过去。

make your excuses, to explain why you are not able to do something

解释为何不能做某事:

Please make my excuses at the meeting tomorrow.

请在明天的会上替我解释一下不能到会的原因。

a poor / rotten etc excuse for sth, used when you think someone or something is very bad

做事极差; 极不称职:

He's a rotten excuse for a lawyer. Why on earth did you hire him?

他是个极糟糕的律师，你干吗雇用他？

[AmE] a note written by your doctor or one of your parents saying that you were ill on a particular day

病假条;