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？
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?
要的钱还不够 ——在2004年，美国银行研究小型企业失败的原因报告中指出，79%的人以“启动资金不够”作为其中一个借口为他们的创业失败开脱责任。
Not asking for enough money-- In a 2004 U.S. Bank study of reasons for small business failures, 79 percent cited "starting out with too little money" as one of the causes of their collapse.
由于限排法案通过国会的进程速度缓慢，一些外国合作人以必须首要考虑医疗法案，或者国会真的是复杂难懂为借口，他们逐渐耗尽了耐心。
But the slow progress of the bill through Congress has foreign partners running out of patience with the excuse that the health-care bill must come first, or that Congress really is complex.
不是在一开始当希腊、西班牙和其他国家以欧元的低利率为借口进行狂欢的时候。
Not at first, when Greece, Spain and the others used the euro’s low interest rates as an excuse to party.
但是这种与种族主义有关的，以保护妇女权利为借口的辩解很荒唐。
But the women's rights defence is a ridiculous excuse for something very close to racism.
这些为我提供了方便快捷的借口，以躲在人后并解释了为什么老天爷得对我特别优待。
They were all convenient excuses to hide behind and in some way justify why the world owed me a favor.
他们说，一些自鸣得意的教育人士和官僚们长久以来以“贫困”为借口，拒绝相信“穷学生可以学得好”。
For too long, they said, poverty had been used as an excuse by complacent educators and bureaucrats who refused to believe that poor students could achieve at high levels.
他们会以指责别人挑起他们的愤怒为由，为他们的行为找借口：家庭矛盾中把责任推给对方，在上司面前以工作难度为借口；路上遇到麻烦时会指责是别的司机造成的。
They may rationalize their behavior by accusing others of provoking them: Problems at home are blamed on a spouse, difficulties at work on a boss; troubles on the road on other drivers.
在她试图以精神失常为借口申请无罪后，”韦斯特说，“苏珊史密斯最后被判处终身监禁。
"After she did attempt to plead not guilty by reason of insanity," West said, "Susan Smith was actually convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
了解了这些之后，你就可以将你的锻炼时间划分为一些以10分钟为单元练习。现在，你是否觉得“没有时间”这个借口显得如此苍白无力了呢？
Knowing that you could break up your workouts into a few 10-minute sessions, does the lack-of-time excuse start to lose its allure?
他不会以生活为借口去做违背良心的事。
He wouldn't do things disobey his heart, and then find "for the sake of living" as the excuse.
以“植物也有痛感”为借口的人们又建议“既然我无法阻止所有的痛苦，我完全没必要阻止（或减少）痛苦的产生”。
The ‘plants feel pain too’ smokescreen suggests, ‘Since I can’t prevent pain totally, I’m totally absolved from doing anything to prevent (or reduce) pain!’
被试们以参加一个关于“个人问题”的讨论为借口受邀来到了实验室（Darley &Latane 1968）。
Participants were invited into the lab under the pretext they were taking part in a discussion about 'personal problems' (Darley &Latane, 1968).
然而，保险费率监管以保护公众利益为借口，实质上保护的是保险人的利益。
However, in the disguise of public interest protection, what rate regulation protects is the insurers' interest instead.
他开始以生病为借口，在压力太大时，会令人尴尬的昏厥。
He began to use sickness as an excuse, developing an embarrassing tendency to faint under pressure.
所以他以头痛为借口呆在家里。
He pleaded headache, therefore, as an excuse to stay at home.
他以请我指教为借口来看我。
他以友谊为借口欺骗了我。
需要强调的是，中方反对任何国家以朝导威胁为借口，做损害他国安全和地区稳定的事。
It should be stressed that China is always opposed to any country's act of using the DPRK's missile issue as an excuse to do things that will harm other countries' security and regional stability.
在平常的日子里，他们以忙为借口，不愿愿意花时间去探望父母。
On usual days, they would not like to take their time to visit their parents with the excuses of busyness.
你可以让孩子按轻重缓急列出所有她需要做的事情，这样她就不会以“我不知道做什么”为借口。
Your child should make a prioritized list of everything she needs to do, so she can't use "I don't know where to start" as an excuse.
他们会以分歧为借口，开始大吵大叫。
他们会以分歧为借口，开始大吵大叫。
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