He used his wife's birthday as a convenient excuse for not going to the meeting.
他说要给妻子过生日，利用这个借口，就不去参加会议了。
The government recognized there were problems in urban areas but these could never be an excuse for lawless behaviour.
政府认识到市区存在问题，但是这绝不能成为非法行为的借口。
Get back to peel these potatoes, and don't ever use that as an excuse for anything again!
回去削土豆皮，别再拿这个当借口了！
Have we ever examined ourselves and asked whether we did our best or went all out when we looked for an excuse for our failure?
当我们为失败寻找借口时，我们是否审视过自己，问过自己是尽力还是全力以赴了？
That's no excuse for not tidying up Benny.
那不是不收拾本尼的借口。
Don't look for an excuse for your mistakes.
不要为自己的错误找理由。
It is such a poor excuse for people who fear change.
对于那些害怕改变的人来说，这是一个糟糕的借口。
None of these reasons is an excuse for allowing the intolerance to continue.
这些理由都不能成为允许这种偏狭继续下去的借口。
Because they fall, they would find a good excuse for themselves that they're not fit for it.
因为他们失败了，他们会为自己找一个很好的借口说他们不适合做这件事。
In other words, structural unemployment is a fake problem, which mainly serves as an excuse for not pursuing real solutions.
换句话说，结构性失业是一个伪命题，它主要是为不寻求真正的解决方案找借口。
It's just an excuse for a party.
这只是借故一起聚会。
There's no excuse for such behaviour.
这种行为说不过去。
There's no excuse for behaviour like that.
像那样的行为毫无道理。
There is no excuse for sloppiness in your work.
你在工作中敷衍了事，这无论如何说不过去。
She walked along rehearsing her excuse for being late.
她一边走一边默诵着她迟到的托词。
Never have I had such a good excuse for wallowing in deep warm baths.
我从不曾有过这样一个好理由，可以好好地享受个热水澡。
His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary.
他辩解说因为日记本丢了才忘了她的生日。
With all the night school courses available, there is no excuse for not getting some sort of training.
在夜校有那么多课程可供选择的条件下，就没有理由不去接受一些培训。
This will give you no excuse for looking at the phone-checking the time.
这样你就不会以看时间的理由看手机了。
Perhaps there was some excuse for him.
也许他是情有可原的。
The administration makes up excuse for the invasion of Iraq out of a few stray rumors, stale leads and discredited reports.
这个政府从一些零星的谣言、陈旧的线索和不可信的报告中编造出兵伊拉克的理由。
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。
He trotted out an excuse for being late.
他随口编了一个迟到的借口。
That's no excuse for insulting me!
那也不能作为侮辱我的理由啊！
No disability is an excuse for not trying.
残障不是不努力的借口。
That＇s only an excuse for your quitting.
那只是你放弃的一个藉口。
I do not use travel as an excuse for anything.
我不会用出差作为任何事情的借口。
Don’t accept culture as an excuse for cruelty.
不要让“文化”作为残忍对待动物的借口。
But there is no excuse for continuing them.
但这种情况没有理由再继续下去了。
"I cannot make an excuse for my behaviour".
我无法为我的行为辩解。
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