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pretext n.借口v.以…为借口 (1) 他以身体不佳为借口而避开了。(2) 他以种种借口拒绝见他们。 Sometimes a government will try to take away its citizens' rights under the pretext of national security. Though pretext sounds like text that comes before other text, the text you see in it is actually more closely related to the word textile, meaning fabric. Its Latin root meant pretty much "to pull the wool over someone's eyes."

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英 ['priːtekst] 美 ['priːtekst] (1) He stayed away under the pretext of ill health.(2) He refused to see them on one pretext or another. Pretext is a false reason given for doing something. If you catch your mother going through your drawers, and she says she was just tidying up, cleaning was her pretext for snooping. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]借口；托词 A pretext is 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。

英语单词	pretext
英美音标	英 ['priːtekst] 美 ['priːtekst]
中文释义	n.借口 v.以…为借口
英语例句	(1) He stayed away under the pretext of ill health. (2) He refused to see them on one pretext or another.
中文例句	(1) 他以身体不佳为借口而避开了。 (2) 他以种种借口拒绝见他们。
vocabulary简明	Pretext is a false reason given for doing something. If you catch your mother going through your drawers, and she says she was just tidying up, cleaning was her pretext for snooping.
vocabulary扩展	Sometimes a government will try to take away its citizens' rights under the pretext of national security. Though pretext sounds like text that comes before other text, the text you see in it is actually more closely related to the word textile, meaning fabric. Its Latin root meant pretty much "to pull the wool over someone's eyes."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]借口；托词 A pretext is 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。

Pretext Reason Text 英 Priːtekst] 美 Priːtekst N.借口 V.以…为借口