excuse
B2高頻度 NGSL-2英 /ɪkˈskjuːs/米 /ɪkˈskjuːs/
意味
noun
許す；赦免する
a reason, either true or invented, that you give to explain or defend your behaviour
“Late again! What's your excuse this time?”
verb
許す；赦免する
to forgive somebody for something that they have done, for example not being polite or making a small mistake
“excuse something, Please excuse the mess.”
動画の実例
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“that I often asked now that I've had two decades of experience in the video game World excuse me first over the last 20 years as a developer what things have changed”
📺 Satoru Iwata - Heart of a Gamer動画でこの単語を学ぶ →
“At that age, I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic.”
📺 Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University動画でこの単語を学ぶ →
“good intentions excuse away harmful outcomes but whether you like it or not what you build and what you create define who you are it feels a bit crazy that anyone should”
📺 2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook動画でこの単語を学ぶ →
実際の動画で excuse を覚える
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