pretext

英 [ˈpriːtekst]

美 [ˈpriːtekst]

n.  借口; 托词

复数：pretexts　

CET6考研IELTSGRETEM8

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
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 借口；托词
  Apretextis a reason which you pretend has caused you to do something.
  1. 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。
  2. He excused himself on the pretext of a stomach upset...
     他借口自己胃不舒服离开了。
  3. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an artful or simulated semblance
  1. under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
  Synonym:guisepretensepretence
• something serving to conceal plans
  Synonym:stalking-horse

双语例句

• His son must have been startled to hear from a stranger on such a fragile pretext.
  当他的儿子收到一个陌生人以如此勉强的一个借口给他写来的信时一定会很惊讶。
• Do not take home as a pretext to understand fashion, you are not a complete woman.
  不要拿家务做借口，不懂时尚，你就不是一个完整的女人。
• I had no pretext to shoot them down.
  我没有击落他们的借口。
• 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。
• Or the obscenity laws may be used as a pretext to censor other material.
  有关“淫秽”的法律也可能被用作禁止其他材料的借口。
• The boy refuses to go to school on [ under] the pretext of illness [ an ailment, sickness].
  这孩子装病不去上学。
• It'll give you the pretext to shoot it down.
  这样你就有了击落飞机的借口了。
• Because all they said are pretext.
  因为他们所说的所有东西都是借口。
• John left early under the pretext of illness.
  今天约翰以生病为藉口，提早离开了。
• We mustn't absent ourselves from a meeting on some pretext.
  我们不可借故不去参加会议。