a poor/rotten etc excuse for somethingBAD ATused when you think someone or something is very bad 极差的…;极不称职的… He’s a rotten excuse for a lawyer. Why on earth did you hire him? 他是个极糟糕的律师,你到底为什么雇用他?
a poor/rotten etc excuse for something• But Tories have continued to attack, saying the scheme is a poor excuse for real pedestrianisation.
→ a poor/rotten etc excuse for something at excuse2(3)