講解：
excuse (for sth / for doing sth)
藉口；理由；辯解:
His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary.
他辯解說因為日記本丟了才忘了她的生日。

dozens (of sth)
許多；很多:
I've been there dozens of times.
我到那里去過很多次。

come forward
主動提供(幫助或服務等):
Police have asked witnesses of the accident to come forward.
警方呼吁事故的目擊者出來提供線索。

ruin sb
使破產(或失去地位等)；毀滅:
If she loses the court case it will ruin her.
如果敗訴,她就完了。

keep sth secret
秘密的；保密的；外人不得而知的:
He tried to keep it secret from his family.
這件事他試圖瞞著家里。

be considered as
(尤指為作出決定而)仔細考慮,細想:
The company is being actively considered as a potential partner (= it is thought possible that it could become one).
這家公司正在被積極考慮為可能的合作伙伴。