pretext是什么意思？

pretext

英[ˈpri:tekst] 美[ˈpriˌtɛkst]

• n. 借口，托辞，假象，掩饰；
• vt. 借口，假托；

复数：pretexts;

例句

• He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school. 他借口头疼而不去上学。
• He didn’t attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness. 他以生病为借口,没参加那个会议。
• He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness. 他以生病为借口, 没参加那个会议。
• The aggressor troops marched into the neighbouring country on the pretext of searching for their missing soldier. 侵略军开进一个邻国,借口寻找他们失踪的士兵。
• He absented himself from the meeting on the pretext of illness. 他假托有病没来开会.
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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.
• He excused himself on the pretext of a stomach upset... 他借口自己胃不舒服离开了。

同义词

• n.
  pretext的同义词之：藉口;欺骗
  pretense, cover, sham, excuse,
• pretext的同义词之：其他释义
  color, alibi, cover, profession, sham, out, excuse, pretense,

英语六级真题

College faculty members are afraid that the pretext of moving students into the workforce might pose a threat to the core curriculum.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  借口；托词
  A pretext is a reason which you pretend has caused you to do something.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  借口; 托辞
  He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school. 他借口头疼而不去上学。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
  2. an artful or simulated semblance;
  "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"