An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year,
新年除夕举办的一次通宵晚会,使我理直气壮地在新年头一天免去了这两项任务。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 50 New Year resolutions

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excuse [ɪk'skjʊs] 词频1
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
night [naɪt] 词频1
n. 夜;晚上;(举行盛事的)夜晚;
"I don't like going out alone at night."
我不喜欢夜晚单独外出。
近义:nighttime, nite, evening, nightly, nocturnal, pm 反义:daylight, daytime
party ['pɑrti] 词频1 词根: 部分
n. 社交聚会;党,党派;当事人;同类,伙伴; v. 为…举行社交聚会;为…请客;参加社交聚会; adj. 政党的,党派的;社交的,聚会的;共有的,共同的;
💡 派对(谐音): 聚会{开party} 部分(part)丫头(y) 集会组 党
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义:roister, carouse, celebrate, feast, revelry, bash 反义:bore
year [jɪr] 词频1
n. 年;年纪;一年的期间;某年级的学生;
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
学生于十月返校,开始新学年的学习。
近义:twelvemonth, annum
provided [prə'vaɪdɪd]
conj. 如果;假如;在…的条件下; v. 提供,供给( provide的过去式和过去分词);
💡 根据其“以...为条件”的意思来记忆。
"The fall of the old regime provided fertile ground for opportunism."
旧政权的垮台为机会主义提供了成熟的时机.
近义:predicted, supplied, foreseen, providing, whenever 反义:lacking, devoid

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