1·One should not plead inexperience in excuse of his mistake.
一个人不应该借口缺乏经验来为其错误辩解。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
2·Excuse me, I'd like to place an advertisement for a used car in this Sunday edition of your paper.
打扰了，我想在你们报纸的这个星期天版上登一个二手车广告。
3·Please excuse the mess! We only moved in here a month ago and we're in the middle of house decoration.
请原谅这里的一团糟！我们一个月前才搬进来，现在正在装修房子。
4·In my line of work, you'll hear a lot about talent, which is an idea we mostly invented to give ourselves an excuse to be lazy.
在我这个行业里，你会听到很多关于天赋的说法，这主要是我们为了给自己找借口偷懒而编造的说辞。
5·He couldn't avoid that in this phase of the making of his thought of that movie, that he couldn't go on with the excuse that his make-up kit was lost.
他无法避免在这个阶段发表他对电影的看法，他不能再以他的化妆箱丢了为借口。
6·Rydal Elementary School, one of the oldest schools in Boston, doesn't accept family holidays as an excuse for their absence and give them a warming notice.
作为波士顿最古老的学校之一，Rydal 小学不接受以家庭假期为请假理由，并且给了他们警告通知。
7·So, in the bright realm of values, we have no excuse behind us, nor justification before us.
所以在敞亮的价值领域中，人们身后没有借口，面前没有理由。
8·All this applies even more in other countries with less efficient farmers than Argentina and without the excuse of its recent social emergency.
所有这种措施的应用，与其它国家的农民相比都没有像在阿根廷这样有效，而且不能成为最近社会危机的借口。
9·The end of summer gives investors a great excuse to pull out their crystal balls and try to predict what the next year holds in store.
这个夏天的结束给了投资者一个很好的借口离开他们的水晶球，并且试图预言下一年将要发生什么。
10·The problem [with the international community] is that they are looking for an exit strategy, and the excuse of respecting culture has been used in this country for 30 years - it's not new.
国际社会的问题在于他们在寻求某种退出战略，说是为了尊重文化，而这个借口在这个国家已经用了30年，早已不是什么新概念。