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She gave him a pitying look; that was the sort of excuse her father would use.她怜悯地看了他一眼，这类借口是她父亲会用的。I'm busy on Sunday, so that gives me an out.星期天我很忙，那就给了我一个借口。I think the development is a stalking horse for exploitation of the surrounding countryside.我认为开发只是一个借口，目的其实是想开采周围农村地区的资源。Oh come on, Kylie, you made the same excuse last week!噢，得了吧，凯莉，上周你也是同样的借口！I don't want to go tonight but I can't think up a good excuse.我今晚不想去，但又想不出一个好的借口。He keeps popping into my office on the slightest pretext.他总是随便找个借口就跑到我的办公室来。He made up some excuse about having problems with his car, but no one believed him.他编了个借口，说是汽车坏了，但是没人相信他。I didn't want to hear another one of his tired excuses.我不想听他的又一个老掉牙的借口。What's the alibi for not developing a nonpollutant steam engine for cars?不去研制一种供汽车用的无污染蒸汽发动机的借口是什么?Isn't all that a pretty weak alibi?这一切不是站不住脚的借口又是什么?He invented a pathetic excuse about losing his watch.他为丢表编了一个站不住脚的借口。Quick! We have to think up an excuse.快点！我们得想出个借口。He considered inventing some pretext for calling her.他想编个借口给她打电话。Nobody would listen to your sorry excuse.没有人会听信你拙劣的借口。He said he wouldn't accept any excuses for missing the deadline.他说他决不接受任何误了截止日期的借口。He made his excuses, flushing guiltily.他找了个借口，脸由于内疚而发红。I just used the first excuse which sprang to mind.我只是想到一个借口就说出来了。The militants might still find some new excuse to call a strike.激进分子可能还是会找些新借口来号召罢工。I want this done today, and I don't want to hear any buts about it.我希望今天把这事完成，而且我不想听任何完不成的借口。His excuse for drinking brandy is that it's said to aid digestion.他给自己喝白兰地找的借口是，据说它有助于消化。She will use this as a peg to hang her grievance on.她会利用这个作为发泄怨愤的借口。The government recognized there were problems in urban areas but these could never be an excuse for lawless behaviour.政府承认市区存在问题，但绝不能以此作为不法行为的借口。That's the most pathetic excuse I've ever heard.那是我听说过的最蹩脚的借口。I've heard her excuses and they cut no ice with me.我听过她的借口，它们对我不管用。They always come up with the same old excuses for why they can't deliver on time.他们总是用同样的老借口来搪塞为何无法准时把货送到。Don't insult my intelligence by making ridiculous excuses.不要编造荒唐的借口来侮辱我的智慧。I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.我站着不动，试图编个说得过去的借口。The rain gave us a ready-made excuse to stay at home.这场雨给了我们一个呆在家里的现成借口。His excuses fanned her anger even further.他的借口更加激起了她的愤怒。Stock market falls gave the Conservatives a convenient peg on which to hang their plan to cut taxes.股市的下跌为保守派们的减税计划提供了一个便捷的借口。I made some excuse and bolted for the exit.我编了个借口后便向出口冲去。I don't think he's really ill, I think it's just an excuse.我认为他并没有生病，那只是个借口。That's the sorriest excuse I've heard.那是我听过的最糟糕的借口。Nothing can excuse your failure to ask my permission.不管什么原因都不能成为你不征得我允许的借口。She couldn't think of a good excuse, so blurted out that she was pregnant.她想不出什么好的借口，所以就脱口而出说她怀孕了。He tried all sorts of dodges to avoid paying.他找各种借口逃避付费。We do not accept this as an excuse for government inaction.我们不接受把这作为政府不作为的借口。She's overworked that particular excuse.那个借口她用的次数太多了。Kate desperately searched her mind for some excuse.凯特绞尽脑汁想找个借口。She couldn't find a pretext to visit Derek at home.她找不到去德里克家走访的借口。 |