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n. 借口；托辞
vt. 以…为借口
n.
借口，托辞；假象，掩饰；
vt.
借口，假托；
变形
复数：pretexts
双语释义
n.(名词)[C]借口；托词 a reason given for an action in order to hide the real intention;excuse
英英释义
pretext[ 'pri:tekst ]
n.
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
同义词：stalking-horse
an artful or simulated semblance
同义词：guisepretensepretence
词组短语
on the pretext of以...为借口
find a pretext for为…找口实
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
He stayed away under the pretext of ill health.
他以身体不佳为借口而避开了。
He refused to see them on one pretext or another.
他以种种借口拒绝见他们。
权威例句
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Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis
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Pot as Pretext: Marijuana, Race, and the New Disorder in New York City Street Policing
2005 PRETEXT: a revised staging system for primary malignant liver tumours of childhood developed by the SIOPEL group.
Accent, Standard Language Ideology, and Discriminatory Pretext in the Courts
Wisecrackers: A theory-grounded investigation of phishing and pretext social engineering threats to information security
Wisecrackers: A theory‐grounded investigation of phishing and pretext social engineering threats to information security
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pretext (n.)
1510s, from French prétexte, from Latin praetextum "a pretext, outward display," noun use of neuter past participle of praetexere "to disguise, cover," literally "weave in front" (for sense, compare pull the wool over (someone's) eyes); from prae- "in front" (see pre-) + texere "to weave," from PIE root *teks- "to weave, to make" (see texture (n.)).
1. The pretext was weak, even fishy.
借口是站不住脚的，甚至是可疑的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. He remained home on [under] the pretext of being sick.
他以生病为借口 [托辞生病] 留在家里。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. He used his sore throat as a pretext for not going to shool.
他假托喉痛不到校上课。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. Under the pretext of travelling on business, (some cadres) go holidaying and waste public money.
以出差为名, 游山玩水, 给国家造成浪费。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. There is no sense in fastening on that pretext of yours.
一味强调你那个借口是没有用处的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. He required a pretext to participate in Soviet Bureaucratic decisions was to elevate chutzpah into an art form.
他需要找个借口才能参与苏联官僚机构的决定，不过是把厚颜无耻打扮得漂亮些罢了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. John left early under the pretext of illness.
今天约翰以生病为藉口,提早离开了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. find a pretext to refuse an invitation
找借口推辞邀请
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. He remained home on [under] the pretext that he was sick.
他用生病的托辞 [借口] 留在家里。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. He used his sore finger as a pretext for not going to school.
他藉口手指疼而不去上学。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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