excusenoun

make excuses

phrase
to give false reasons why you cannot do something: 找借口;编理由
You're always making excuses for not helping me.你总是找种种借口不来帮我。
I'm not making excuses, but I've been really stressed recently.
I asked him why he didn't clean the bedroom, and he just made excuses.
We need the council to provide more funding and it's time they stopped making excuses.
You know what you need to do, and you know how to do it, so don't make excuses.
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