vt. 原谅;为…申辩;免除,宽免;给…免去;
n. 借口,托辞;道歉,歉意;辩解;请假条;
vi. 作为借口;请示宽恕;表示宽恕;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"Late again! What's your excuse this time?"
又迟到了!你这次有什么借口?
近义:indulgence, absolve, pardon, redress, release, remit
反义:impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict
n. 无知,愚昧;蒙;
💡 i不+gnor知道+ance名词后缀 →无知,愚昧
"They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance."
他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。
近义:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
反义:idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience