pretexts音标
[ˈpri:teksts]
pretexts翻译
n.
借口,托辞( pretext的名词复数 );
双语释义
n.(名词)[C]借口;托词a reason given for an action in order to hide the real intention;excuse
英英释义
pretext[ 'pri:tekst ]
n.something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
同义词:stalking-horse
an artful or simulated semblance
同义词:guisepretensepretence
pretexts用法
词组短语
on the pretext of以...为借口
find a pretext for为…找口实
双语例句
用作名词(n.)He stayed away under the pretext of ill health.
他以身体不佳为借口而避开了。He refused to see them on one pretext or another.
他以种种借口拒绝见他们。
权威例句
PRETEXTS
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Pretexts and Paratexts: The Art of the Peripheral
On pretexts for higher education development activities
Performance‐related Pay: Pretexts and Pitfalls
Humanitarian Intervention and Pretexts for War
Legal anxieties and medical mistakes: barriers and pretexts
Green pretexts: Ecotourism, neoliberal conservation and land grabbing in Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia
Monitoring, indicators and community based forest management in the tropics: pretexts or red herrings?