pretext
美 [ˈpriˌtekst] 
英 [ˈpriːˌtekst]
词形变化
复数：pretexts 同义词
英汉双解
1. | ~ (for sth/for doing sth).~ (to do sth) 借口；托辞a false reason that you give for doing sth, usually sth bad, in order to hide the real reason; an excuse |
| 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。 |
| 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。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
It says Starbucks brewed them up to give itself a pretext for grabbing back the best part of its business without paying for it.
星巴克制造了这些说辞来作为重夺优质市场而不花一分钱的借口，星巴克的咖啡店业务进展缓慢。
They would call Sarah in, on a pretext, and watch her face; if she had been betraying them to Mr. Burgess, it would show in her manner.
他们找个借口叫莎拉来，察言观色：假如她向伯杰斯先生出卖了他们，从她的行为举止就能看得出来。
Mired in debt, the city sold the building to an investor who found a pretext to terminate the leases.
陷入债务危机之后，政府将这栋大楼出售给了投资商，投资商又找借口终止了租赁合同。
He left her under some pretext, and went into the garden, and she saw him examining the gate with great attention.
他支吾了几句，便离开她去园子里，珂赛特望见他在仔仔细细地检查那道铁栏门。
The whole story was a pretext. He wanted me to leave the deck - so much was plain; but with what purpose I could in no way imagine.
这一切无非是借口，他想让我离开甲板——这是再明显不过的，但我怎么也想象不出他的意图所在。
One even hinted that some billboards might be taken down on the pretext that they were poorly made and might fall and cause accidents.
有人甚至暗示，一些广告牌可能会以制作粗糙或存在坍倒和引发事故危险为由遭到撤除。
Remilia: From the beginning, the story of the treasure was just a pretext to lure you!
蕾米莉亚：起初，这个关于宝藏的故事就是一个借口在忽悠你们！
The government has stripped Mr Ivanishvili (and his wife) of their citizenship on a pretext and seized a few million dollars from his bank.
政府随便找了个借口就把比济纳及其妻的国籍给剥夺了，并且还冻结了比济纳在银行的几百万美元的存款。
But those campaigning for sex-workers' rights have objected, fearing that this might give the police a pretext to renew the raids.
但他们不会发起那些为性工作者争取权利的运动，因为担心这可能成为警方重新开始搜捕的藉口。
No man of vice can be condemned unless he ceases to look upon vice as a pretext and turns it into a goal.
我们不能去责难一个邪恶的人，除非他不再将邪恶看作借口而是将其变为最终目标。
5 For neither were we found at any time with flattering speech, even as you know, nor with a pretext for covetousness; God is witness.
帖前二5因为我们从来没有用过谄媚的话，就如你们所知道的；也没有藉掩饰而贪婪，这是神可以作见证的。
"But we are against any other countries using Internet freedom as a pretext for interfering in others' internal affairs, " he said.
他说，“但是我们反对任何国家利用互联网自由作为借口干涉别国内部事务的做法。”
You'll notice that the earlier scenarios involve having a pretext or talking to people who have to talk with you.
你会留意到，早先的场景都涉及到借口或是跟那些不得不与你说话的人聊天。
Her husband started keeping concubines on the pretext of trying to carry on the family line and moved to Seoul to start a new business.
她的丈夫以传宗接代为借口开始纳妾，然后搬到汉城，开始做新的生意。
Intellectual property protection has sometimes been used as a pretext to silence dissent.
对知识产权的保护有时被用来作为压制异议的借口。
Only a pretext to shirk its responsibility, but a means of shielding officials of crime only.
只是一种推卸责任的借口而已，只是一种包庇官员犯罪行为的手段而已。
The "disputed" scrap of land known as the Shebaa Farms is at most a pretext Hizbullah uses to justify its fighting.
有争议的这一小块土地就是萨巴阿农场，这至多是真主党用来为其开战辩解的借口。
The loan request provided the pretext, but by then the balance had already shifted and Britain could have done little to reverse the tide.
贷款上的要求提供了一个借口，但当时实力的天平已经倾斜，英国已经无力扭转这种趋势了。
She had become a necessity to his heart, his only pretext, his only excuse, for living.
但这时已经来不及了，她已经变成他心里的需要，他活下来的唯一借口和托词了。
Panel on the second day of the meeting, this staff for their past performance has done a review, did not find any pretext.
在第二天的小组会议上，这名员工为自己过去的表现做了检讨，没有找任何借口。
He made a pretext of going to class But caMe. and saw Me. instead.
他假装要去上课但是反而在这看到我。
War, regardless of what happened pretext, the Federation of innocent people left to the body and soul of the pain!
战争，不论以怎样的借口发生，总会给无辜者留下身体和心灵上的伤痛！
By March 1898 the German Kaiser Wilhelm II took formal possession of the region with the two murdered German missionaries as a pretext.
1898年3月，德国皇帝威廉二世借口两个德国传教士被杀，趁机先行占领了胶州。
But on this pretext it would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith" !
但在这个托词之下，以信仰的雅号尊称无知与谦虚的结合，是极端的荒谬。
But it is thought he might withdraw, providing a convenient pretext to avoid a poll that will benefit mainly the Taliban.
但是，有人认为他可能会退出竞选，这将提供托词以避免投票，而投票只会对塔利班有利。
Social barriers mainly refers to the laborers working environment and the right to life as a pretext to take trade protection measures.
社会壁垒主要是指以劳动者劳动环境和生存权利为借口而采取的贸易保护措施。
Dozens of newspapers opened during the Khatami period, only for many to be shut down on one pretext or another by the judiciary.
在哈塔米总统的任期内，许多的新闻报纸企业建成，但是国家司法部门却借助于一个又一个的托词迫使这之中很多企业就此关门。
and a number of Muslim activists saw the row as a wonderful pretext for promoting themselves and discrediting the West's Muslim allies.
而许多穆斯林积极分子以此为一个不错的借口来回吵闹，是为了抬高自己，诋毁西方的穆斯林同盟者。
On some suitable pretext Whymper was led through the store-shed and allowed to catch a glimpse of the bins .
最后找个适当的借口，把温普尔领到储藏棚，让他瞥上一眼。
Under the pretext of his wife's illness, Hua went back home.
他就以妻子生病为托辞，回了家。
He came to see me under the pretext of asking my advice when he really wanted to borrow money.
他以请我指教为藉口前来看我，其实是想借钱。
They were also used as a pretext to enforce the economic sanctions regime directed against Iran, adopted by the UN Security Council.
他们还用它作为联合国安理会对伊朗实施经济制裁的借口。
The U. S. closure of a Sadrist newspaper provided a handy pretext for an uprising in 2004.
美国取缔一家萨德尔报纸的行为，为2004年的一次暴动提供了口实。
If army influence wanes, it could provoke a crisis of its own making as a pretext to wrestle back control.
如果军队势力减弱，那麽军队可能会借口国家出现危机而把权力夺回来。
No entity or individual may organize the exhibiting activities under any other pretext.
任何单位或个人不得以其他名义组团出国从事展览活动。
This term will inevitably be used as a pretext by the authorities and scholars who used to shirk responsibility or make an explanation.
“转型社会”这一名词便不可避开地作为一种口实而被当局者与学者拿来推卸责任与说明不足。
A defendant shall not be deprived on any pretext of his right to appeal.
对被告人的上诉权，不得以任何借口加以剥夺。
Tests that are presented under the pretext of learning are actually used to brand a school and its kids as satisfactory or sub-par.
以学习为借口的考试，实际上被用于给学校和学生贴上“良”或“不合格”的标签。
A lame man obtained some money from several benevolent persons by making a pretext of being a returned soldier who was disabled in the war.
一个跛子谎称是战争致残的士兵而从几位好心人那里弄到了一点钱。
We hope they will not make use of any grey area in the ordinance to come up with any pretext for cutting their paid meal hours or days off.
即使如此，我们希望雇主不应该利用法例的灰色地带，在饭钟钱和休息日工资巧立名目，侵损雇员的利益。
