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pretext是什么意思

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pretext 是什么意思

音标:[ 'pri:tekst ]  
名词复数:pretexts   

中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.借口,口实,托词。
2.假象,掩饰 (for)。
短语和例子
find a pretext for 为…找口实。 make a pretext of 以…作口实。 on some pretext or other 用某种借口。 on [under, upon] the pretext of 以…为借口,托词。
vt.
借口,假托。
an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
同义词:guise, pretense, pretence,

something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
同义词:stalking-horse,

A pretext is an excuse to do something or say something. Pretexts may be based on a half-truth or developed in the context of a misleading fabrication.

例句与用法

1.The pretext was weak, even fishy .
借口是站不住脚的,甚至是可疑的。

2.On various pretexts they all moved off .
他们以各种各样的借口纷纷离开了。

3.Pretexts and appearances no longer deceive us .
那些托辞与假象再也不会欺骗我们了。

4.He used his sore throat as a pretext for not going to shool .
他假托喉痛不到校上课。

5.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。

6.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。

7.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。

8.The hawks would then lose heart in upholding the settlement, and the doves would have a pretext for not supporting it .
鹰派就会对维护协议失去信心,而鸽派则得到了不予支持的口实。

9.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。

10.He was at mr. letterblair's punctually at seven, glad of the pretext for excusing himself soon after dinner .
晚上七点,他准时来到莱特布莱尔先生家,因为大家理解他饭后马上告辞的理由,他感到心情舒畅。

 
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