1·He used his wife's birthday as a convenient excuse for not going to the meeting.
他说要给妻子过生日，利用这个借口，就不去参加会议了。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·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。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·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！
4·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？
5·That's no excuse for not tidying up Benny.
那不是不收拾本尼的借口。
6·Don't look for an excuse for your mistakes.
不要为自己的错误找理由。
7·It is such a poor excuse for people who fear change.
对于那些害怕改变的人来说，这是一个糟糕的借口。
8·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。
9·Because they fall, they would find a good excuse for themselves that they're not fit for it.
因为他们失败了，他们会为自己找一个很好的借口说他们不适合做这件事。
10·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。