But I am a novelist, not a critic, and I can excuse myself from explication de texte on that ground.

但我是个小说家，不是批评家，对于我以此为根据而说明,我可以为自己找借口。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But if you-- The reason I'm saying that is, you know, you know that you're getting married that day for example, we will excuse you from the quiz to get married.

但是如果你--我之所以这么说，你们懂的,比如你们那天要结婚，我们会取消你的考试让你去结婚。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Tajikistan ended its civil war becuase they were afraid they were returning to another Afghnastan Uzbekistan has striked for human rights record using as an excuse of the threat of the Islamic foundemantalism coming from Afghnastan.

因为害怕变成第二个阿富汗，塔吉克斯坦结束了内战,塔吉克斯坦结束了内战,乌兹别克斯坦利用人权作为借口,来阻止阿富汗的原教主义。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

I'm not saying this is fair, I'm not saying it's rational I'm not endorsing it, but empirically-- excuse me-- empirically we can see it, that somehow the attractive- the feedback from the attractive person matters more to us.

我没说，这样公平，没说这样理性,我并不赞成，但是实证上，对不起-,通过实证，我们可以明白，有时候有魅力的人-,给我们的回应对我们更重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选