Англо-русский словарь - excuse
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excuse
1. noun
1) извинение, оправдание in excuse of smth. - в оправдание чего-л. ignorance of the law is no excuse - незнание закона не может служить оправданием
2) отговорка, предлог - poor excuse - offer excuses
3) освобождение (от обязанности) Syn: alibi, apologia, apology
2. v.
1) извинять, прощать (for) excuse me! - извините!, виноват! excuse my coming late, excuse me for coming late - простите меня за опоздание to excuse oneself - извиняться; оправдываться
2) освобождать (от работы, обязанности) (from) your attendance today is excused - вы можете сегодня не присутствовать youre excused - мы вас не задерживаем, можете быть свободны to excuse from duty mil. освободить от несения службы
3) служить оправданием, извинением excuse me for living! iron. - уж и спросить нельзя! Syn: see pardon
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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. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. освобождение (от обязанности, работы и т. п.) 6. презр. бракованный экземпляр; суррогат; подделка that coward is barely an excuse for a man —- этот трус просто пародия на человека his latest effort is a poor...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a person, act, or fault). 2 (of a fact or circumstance) serve in mitigation of (a person or act). 3 obtain exemption for (a person or oneself). 4 (foll. by from) release (a person) from a duty etc. (excused from supervision duties). 5 overlook or forgive (a fault or offence). 6 (foll. by for) forgive (a person) for a fault. 7 not insist upon (what is due). 8 refl. apologize for leaving. --n. 1 a reason put forward to mitigate or justify an offence, fault, etc. 2 an apology (made my excuses). 3 (foll. by for) a poor or inadequate example of. Phrases and idioms be excused be allowed to leave a room etc., e.g. to go to the lavatory. excuse me a polite apology for lack of ceremony, for an interruption etc., or for disagreeing. excuse-me a dance in which dancers may interrupt other pairs to change partners. Derivatives excusable adj. excusably adv. excusatory adj. Etymology: ME f. OF escuser f. L excusare (as EX-(1), causa CAUSE, accusation) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I. transitive verb (~d; excusing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French escuser, ~r, from Latin excusare, from ex- + causa cause, explanation Date: 13th century 1. a. to make apology for b. to try to remove blame from 2. to forgive entirely or disregard as of trivial import ; regard as excusable graciously ~d his tardiness 3. a. to grant exemption or release to was ~d from jury duty b. to allow to leave ~d the class 4. to serve as ~ for ; justify nothing can ~ such neglect • excusable adjective • excusableness noun • excusably adverb • ~r noun Synonyms: ~, condone, pardon, forgive mean to exact neither punishment nor redress. ~ may refer to specific acts especially in social or conventional situations or the person responsible for these ~ an interruption ~d them for interrupting. Often the term implies extenuating circumstances injustice ~s strong responses. condone implies that one overlooks without censure behavior (as dishonesty or violence) that involves a serious breach of a moral, ethical, or legal code, and the term may refer to the behavior or to the agent responsible for it a society that condones alcohol but not narcotics. pardon implies that one remits a penalty due for an admitted or established offense pardon a criminal. forgive implies that one gives up all claim to requital and to resentment or vengeful feelings could not forgive their rudeness. II. noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of excusing 2. a. something offered as justification or as grounds for being ~d b. plural an expression of regret for failure to do something c. a note of explanation of an absence 3. justification, reason Synonyms: see apology ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(excused) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An excuse is a reason which you give in order to explain why something has been done or has not been done, or in order to avoid doing something. It is easy to find excuses for his indecisiveness... Once I had had a baby I had the perfect excuse to stay at home... If you stop making excuses and do it you’ll wonder what took you so long. = justification N-COUNT: oft N for n/-ing, N to-inf • If you say that there is no excuse for something, you are emphasizing that it should not happen, or expressing disapproval that it has happened. There’s no excuse for behaviour like that... Solitude was no excuse for sloppiness. PHRASE: v-link PHR, oft PHR for n/-ing c darkgreen]disapproval 2. To excuse someone or excuse their behaviour means to provide reasons for their actions, especially when other people disapprove of these actions. He excused himself by saying he was ‘forced to rob to maintain my wife and cat’... That doesn’t excuse my mother’s behaviour. = justify VERB: V n by -ing, V n 3. If you excuse someone for something wrong that they have done, you forgive them for it. Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities. = forgive VERB: V n for n/-ing, also V n, V n n 4. If someone is excused from a duty or responsibility, they are told that they do not have to carry it out. She is usually excused from her duties during the school holidays... She was excused duties on Saturday. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed from n/-ing, be V-ed n 5. If you excuse yourself, you use a phrase such as ‘Excuse me’ as a polite way of saying that you are about to leave. He excused himself and went up to his room. VERB: V pron-refl 6. You say ‘Excuse me’ when you want to politely get someone’s attention, especially when you are about to ask them a question. Excuse me, but are you Mr Honig? CONVENTION c darkgreen]formulae 7. You use excuse me to apologize to...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 v 1 excuse me spoken a) used when you want to get someone's attention politely, especially when you want to ask a question (Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the museum please?) b) used to say that you are sorry for doing something rude or embarrassing (Oh, excuse me. I didn't know anyone was in here.) c) used to ask someone politely to move so that you can walk past (Excuse me, could I just squeeze past you?) d) used when you want to politely tell someone that you are leaving a place (Excuse me a moment, Mr Jonson. I'll be right back.) e) used when you disagree with someone but want to be polite about it (Excuse me, but I don't think that's what he meant at all.) f) AmE used to say you are sorry when you hit someone accidentally, make a small mistake etc (Oh, excuse me, did I spell your name wrong?) g) especially AmE used to ask someone to repeat something that they have just said ("What time is it?" "Excuse me?" "I asked you what time it is.") 2 to forgive someone for doing something that is not seriously wrong, such as being rude or careless (I'll excuse you this time, but try and be prompt in the future. | Please excuse my bad handwriting. | excuse sb for (doing) sth) (I cannot excuse them for treating their animals so badly.) 3 to allow someone not to do something that they are supposed to do (Ball was excused guard duty that night. | excuse sb from (doing) sth) (Can I be excused from swimming today? I have a cold.) 4 to give reasons for someone's careless or offensive behaviour in order to make it seem more acceptable (Nothing can excuse that kind of rudeness. | sb can be excused for doing sth (=used to say that you understand why someone has done something and think they should not be blamed for it)) (His poetry means a lot to him, so perhaps he can be excused for neglecting his work in order to write.) 5 to give someone permission to leave a place (May I please be excused from the table? | excuse yourself) (Richard politely excused himself, claiming he had too much work to do.) 6 excuse me for...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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