pretext
pretext 英 [ˈpri:tekst] 美 [ˈpriˌtɛkst]
n. 借口；托辞
名词复数:pretexts
- 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.
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- n. 借口；托辞
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1. 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。
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2. 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。
- pretext (n.) 1510s, from French prétexte, from Latin praetextum "a pretext, outward display," noun use of neuter past participle of praetexere "to disguise, cover," literally "weave in front" (for sense, compare pull the wool over (someone's) eyes); from prae- "in front" (see pre-) + texere "to weave," from PIE root *teks- "to weave," also "to fabricate."
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