An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year,
新年除夕舉辦的一次通宵晚會,使我理直氣壯地在新年頭一天免去了這兩項任務。
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 50 New Year resolutions

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excuse [?k'skj?s] 詞頻1
vt. 原諒;為…申辯;免除,寬免;給…免去; n. 借口,托辭;道歉,歉意;辯解;請假條; vi. 作為借口;請示寬恕;表示寬恕;
?? cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,訴訟
"Late again! What's your excuse this time?"
又遲到了!你這次有什么借口?
近義:indulgence, absolve, pardon, redress, release, remit 反義:impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict
night [na?t] 詞頻1
n. 夜;晚上;(舉行盛事的)夜晚;
"I don't like going out alone at night."
我不喜歡夜晚單獨外出。
近義:nighttime, nite, evening, nightly, nocturnal, pm 反義:daylight, daytime
party ['pɑrti] 詞頻1 詞根: 部分
n. 社交聚會;黨,黨派;當事人;同類,伙伴; v. 為…舉行社交聚會;為…請客;參加社交聚會; adj. 政黨的,黨派的;社交的,聚會的;共有的,共同的;
?? 派對(諧音): 聚會{開party} 部分(part)丫頭(y) 集會組 黨
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
兩黨制的對抗性
近義:roister, carouse, celebrate, feast, revelry, bash 反義:bore
year [j?r] 詞頻1
n. 年;年紀;一年的期間;某年級的學生;
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
學生于十月返校,開始新學年的學習。
近義:twelvemonth, annum
provided [pr?'va?d?d]
conj. 如果;假如;在…的條件下; v. 提供,供給( provide的過去式和過去分詞);
?? 根據其“以...為條件”的意思來記憶。
"The fall of the old regime provided fertile ground for opportunism."
舊政權的垮臺為機會主義提供了成熟的時機.
近義:predicted, supplied, foreseen, providing, whenever 反義:lacking, devoid

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