借口的英文：
excuse
pretext

参考例句：

Make an excuse;give an excuse
编借口

Make an excuse for;give an excuse for
找借口

Invent an excuse
捏造借口

Idle folks lack no excuses.
懒汉借口多。

The Government pleaded ignorance.
政府借口不知情。

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
命运：暴君施虐的权利，傻瓜失败的借口。

Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse.
贾尔斯先生把不知情当作自己的借口。

Every position has been successfully undermined and abandoned on specious and plausible excuses
我提出的每一个立场都被他们成功地以似是而非的借口破坏和推翻。

Ignorance of the law excuse no man- from practicing it.
谁也不能以不知法为借口而得到原谅——当律师的格外不行。

He's so impossibly long - winded.You need to be as patient as Job to listen to him without making some excuse to leave.
他的讲话真是又长又臭。你需要有约伯一样的耐心才能听下去而不致找借口离开。

excuse是什么意思：
v. 原谅；辩解；准许...离去
n. 辩解；借口；理由；原谅，饶恕

He made belated excuses.
他作了为时已晚的道歉。

Idle folks lack no excuses.
懒汉借口多。

He is great at finding excuses.
他可真会找借口。

Ignorance of the law excuses no man
对法律不知不能免罪

The situations allow of no excuse.
形势刻不容缓。

pretext是什么意思：
n. 借口，托辞
v. 以…为借口

There is no sense in fastening on that pretext of yours.
一味强调你那个借口是没有用处的。

Negotiating in bad faith under the pretext of concluding a contract.
假借订立合同，恶意进行磋商。

He remained home on the pretext of being sick.
他以生病为借口留在家里。

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
暴君总有他暴行的借口。

He pretexted an early engagement in town the next morning.
他借口明天早晨在城里有约会。