pretext
英 [ˈpriːtekst]
美 [ˈpriːtekst]
n. 借口; 托词
复数:pretexts
Collins.1 / BNC.13929 / COCA.13441
牛津词典
noun
- 借口;托词
a false reason that you give for doing sth, usually sth bad, in order to hide the real reason; an excuse- The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area.
这次事件成了干涉那个地区的借口。 - He left the party early on the pretext of having work to do.
他借口有事要处理,早早离开了聚会。
- The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 借口;托词
Apretextis a reason which you pretend has caused you to do something.- They wanted a pretext for subduing the region by force...
他们想找借口用武力征服这个地区。 - He excused himself on the pretext of a stomach upset...
他借口自己胃不舒服离开了。 - They would now find some dubious pretext to restart the war.
他们现在会找个蹩脚的借口重新发动战争。
- They wanted a pretext for subduing the region by force...
英英释义
noun
- an artful or simulated semblance
- under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
- something serving to conceal plans
双语例句
- He left early, on the pretext of having another appointment.
他借口另有约会,提前走了。 - So we marked time, using the need to end the Vietnam war as a pretext.
所以,我们借口需要结束越南战争,而把步子放慢了。 - We mustn't absent ourselves from a meeting on some pretext.
我们不可借故不去参加会议。 - He excused himself on the pretext of a stomach upset
他借口自己胃不舒服离开了。 - That you can't communicate? Or is that just a pretext?
您不想说,还是这只是您的借口? - He was absent from school on the pretext that he was ill.
他借口病了没上学。 - It'll give you the pretext to shoot it down.
这样你就有了击落飞机的借口了。 - I was going to have him called away from the house on some pretext or other
我准备找个什么借口把他从屋里支出去。 - They stopped us on or under the pretext of asking for information.
他们以询问为借口,拦住了我们。 - Because all they said are pretext.
因为他们所说的所有东西都是借口。