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1·These students do not want to get in trouble or seem irresponsible, so they make up an excuse—a lie—to save face.

这些学生不想惹麻烦或显得不负责任，所以他们编造了一个借口——一个谎言——来挽回面子。

2·It's just an excuse for a party.

这只是借故一起聚会。《牛津词典》

3·It gave me an excuse to take the car.

这使我有理由开车去。《牛津词典》

4·You can't keep using your bad back as an excuse.

你不能老拿腰疼当托词呀。《牛津词典》

5·The government recognized there were problems in urban areas but these could never be an excuse for lawless behaviour.

政府认识到市区存在问题，但是这绝不能成为非法行为的借口。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·How can you make up an excuse?

你怎么能编造借口呢？

7·Tiredness is not an excuse.

疲劳不是借口。

8·Get back to peel these potatoes, and don't ever use that as an excuse for anything again!

回去削土豆皮，别再拿这个当借口了！

9·We sometimes have chances to make happy moments in our lives, but we often find an excuse to do something else.

我们有时有机会在生活中创造快乐的时刻，但我们经常找借口去做其他的事情。

10·Have we ever examined ourselves and asked whether we did our best or went all out when we looked for an excuse for our failure?

当我们为失败寻找借口时，我们是否审视过自己，问过自己是尽力还是全力以赴了？