And Red Shirts say those insults are used as an excuse to deny rural voters and the poor a say in the nation's politics.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

That border, excuse me, they are relics the British Empire are exiting in the minds of map-makers and politicians, not in the minds of people.

那个边境，不好意思，是大英帝国所建造的，只存在于,地图制造者和政治家的脑中，而人们并不认可它。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

There is no excuse to live in anything but a peaceful co-existence.

世界上只应该有和平共处，而非其他方式。

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The group's South Asia researcher, Meenkashi Ganguly,in Mumbai, says the raw emotions are understandable among army soldiers, but that should not be an excuse to take revenge on the border guards.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"The circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home that's no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

But Graham described as unpersuasive the president's continuing assertion that the U.S.must avoid being seen to be meddling in Iran so Iran's government will not use this as an excuse to intensify its crackdown on the opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23