These students do not want to get in trouble or seem irresponsible, so they make up an excuse—a lie—to save face.

这些学生不想惹麻烦或显得不负责任，所以他们编造了一个借口——一个谎言——来挽回面子。

It's just an excuse for a party.

这只是借故一起聚会。

It gave me an excuse to take the car.

这使我有理由开车去。

You can't keep using your bad back as an excuse.

你不能老拿腰疼当托词呀。

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。

How can you make up an excuse?

你怎么能编造借口呢？

Tiredness is not an excuse.

疲劳不是借口。

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！

We sometimes have chances to make happy moments in our lives, but we often find an excuse to do something else.

我们有时有机会在生活中创造快乐的时刻，但我们经常找借口去做其他的事情。

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？

Don't look for an excuse for your mistakes.

不要为自己的错误找理由。

I would I could contrive an excuse to speak with him.

我真想找个借口跟他谈谈。

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。

The first celebrants of Groundhog Day were Pennsylvania Dutch who used the holiday as an excuse to get together and party.

第一批参加土拨鼠日庆典的人就是宾夕法尼亚荷兰人，他们利用这个节日聚会举行派对。

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。

In my line of work, you'll hear a lot about talent, which is an idea we mostly invented to give ourselves an excuse to be lazy.

在我这个行业里，你会听到很多关于天赋的说法，这主要是我们为了给自己找借口偷懒而编造的说辞。

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。

It doesn't include the temptations to run from society or make an excuse to avoid one's obligations—such as life-saving medical work or the parental obligation to buy groceries.

它不包括逃离社会或找借口逃避义务的诱惑，例如挽救生命的医疗工作或作为父母购买食品的义务。

He found an excuse and left.

他借故走了。

She hastily cooked up an excuse.

她匆忙捏造了一个借口。

Most people have an excuse.

许多人都有一个借口。

That's not an excuse to give up.

这种说法不应成为不戒掉坏习惯的借口。

Don't use that boy as an excuse.

不要用这个孩子来做借口。

He trotted out an excuse for being late.

他随口编了一个迟到的借口。

Isn't that just an excuse?

这不是借口吗？

It's still an excuse.

这只是一个借口。

So, do you have an excuse this time?

那，你这次还有什么借口呢？