EJDict
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日本語WordNet
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"
a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
JMdict
AIによる解説
A reason given to justify a fault or offense; to forgive or pardon.
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She's continually making excuses for poor performance predictably, employing progressive aspect to criticize consistent behavior through grammar that foregrounds repetition negatively.
彼女は予想通り継続的に不十分な成績の言い訳をしている。反復を否定的に前景化する文法を通じて一貫した行動を批判するために進行相を使用している。
I've had a stomachful of his excuses.
彼の言い訳にはもううんざりだ。
She remained unimpressed by his excuses.
彼女は彼の言い訳に感心しなかった。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz