excusable

Word family  noun excuse adjective excusable ≠ inexcusable verb excuse adverb inexcusably

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ex·cus·a·ble /ɪkˈskjuːzəbəl/ adjective  FORGIVEbehaviour that is excusable can be forgiven 〔行为〕可原谅的 SYN forgivable OPP inexcusable an excusable reaction of anger 情有可原的恼怒反应

Examples from the Corpus

excusable• There is, after all, a long history of wife-beating and of genocide, but that does not make them excusable.• Zen's mistake was less excusable, since all he'd suffered were a few hard kicks.

ex·cus·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable  

excusable be Corpus can behaviour is forgiven that

excusable
ex‧cus‧a‧ble /ɪkˈskjuːzəbəl/ adjectivebehaviour that is excusable can be forgiven
   SYN  forgivable
   OPP  inexcusable:
    an excusable reaction of anger

ex·cus·ableBrE /ɪkˈskjuːzəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪkˈskjuːzəbl/ 🔊 adjective [not usually before noun] that can be excused 可原谅；可谅解 SYN forgivable ◆Doing it once was just about excusable—doing it twice was certainly not. 这种事干一次还可以原谅，干两次就绝对不能了。🔊🔊 OPP inexcusable