及物动词

名词

道歉

财政金融

问路

1. a poor example

e.g. it was an apology for a meal
a poor excuse for an automobile

Synonym: apology

2. a note explaining an absence

e.g. he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him

3. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

e.g. he kept finding excuses to stay
every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
his transparent self-justification was unacceptable

Synonym: alibiexculpationself-justification