贾尔斯先生以不知情作为他的借口。

Mr. Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

这次事件成了干涉那个地区的借口。

The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area.

《牛津词典》

他总是找那些老掉牙的借口。

He always gives the same old excuses.

《牛津词典》

And I think there was a time when that sense of dominion was used as justification for using those resources only to serve human needs.

我想，有一段时间里，这种统治感,被人们当做使用资源的借口,仅仅为了满足人类的需求。

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But in practice, it's really easy to say this person doesn't match in there but does match up along so many dimensions.

但在现实生活中，人们总是会找这样的借口,这个人在这一方面不行，可还有很多方面适合。

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If I had had a clean interface, that I had a specific method to get those values out, I wouldn't have to change anything.

如果之前我创建了，一个清楚的借口,也就是我有特定的，取得这些值的方法的话。

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