He is offering no excuses and he agrees it was wrong.

請問老師,這句話的謂語動詞is offering,能否直接用offers代替?

He offers no excuses and he agrees it was wrong.

不能。

offer在此等于give。主語he可能說了”對不起,我考慮不夠周到,設計不夠嚴密,材料選擇也不適合.... 說這類話,并非在找借口。這個時候,另一個人評論說,He is offering no excuses...

這就好比你聽到一個人在說謊,你對周圍的人說:Dont trust him. He is lying. 而不是說,Dont trust him. He lies. 這里不可以用一般目前年代替目前進行時。你的句子的情景與此相同,也是不可以用一般目前時的。