中英互译
pretext
英 /ˈpriːtekst/美 /ˈpriːtekst/
基本释义
- n.借口，托词
复数pretexts
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词语例句
借口，托词cn.
He left the party early on the pretext of having to work.
他借口有事要处理，早早离开了聚会。
Very often landlords don't return tenants' deposits on the pretext that tenants have done damage to the house.
房东通常不退还租户的押金，借口是租户损坏了房子。
- He left the party early on the pretext of having to work.他借口有事要处理，早早离开了聚会。来自《牛津词典》
- 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。来自《牛津词典》
- Very often landlords don't return tenants' deposits on the pretext that tenants have done damage to the house.房东通常不退还租户的押金，借口是租户损坏了房子。
相关短语
- on the pretext of借口；借故推托
- make a pretext掩饰
- use as a pretext假托；借口
- pretext t借口；托词；以…为借口
- on some pretext or other用某种借口
同义词
词义分布
借口
95.1%
由头
2.4%
托辞
2.4%
英英释义
- n.something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
- n.an artful or simulated semblance
词源
- pretext借口，托词词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -text-编制 → 预先编造
- pretext借口，托辞pre-,在前，早于，预先，-text,编织，词源同text,texture.比喻用法，即先编好的。