意思：
1、作為名詞，表示：借口；理由；辯解；(正當的)理由；拙劣樣品；蹩腳貨。
2、作為動詞，表示：原諒；寬恕；為?辯解(或找理由)；準許?離開；請求準予離開；(離開前)請求原諒
讀音：英 [?k?skju?s , ?k?skju?z]；美 [?k?skju?s , ?k?skju?z]?
例句：It?is?easy?to?find?excuses?for?his?indecisiveness?
為他的猶豫不決尋找借口是很容易的。
擴展資料
辨析：
1、reason
a cause or an explanation for sth that has happened or that sb has done; a fact that makes it right or fair to do sth 指某事發生或做某事的原因、理由、解釋、正當理由、道理：
例句：He said no but he didn't give a reason.
他說不行，但沒有說明原因。
2、grounds
( rather formal ) a good or true reason for saying, doing or believing sth 指說、做或相信某事的充分理由、根據。
例句：You have no grounds for complaint.
妳沒有理由抱怨。
3、excuse
a reason, either true or invented, that you give to explain or defend your behaviour; a good reason that you give for doing sth that you want to do for other reasons 指為自己行為所作的辯護、借口、理由。
例句：Late again! What's your excuse this time?
又遲到了！妳這次有什麽借口？