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pretexts

英['priːtekst] 美['priːtekst]
  • n.借口v.以…为借口
pretexted pretexted pretexting pretexts

详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 借口
    2. 托辞
    3. 口实
    4. 托词
    5. 假象
    6. 掩饰
    7. 缘故
    8. 理由
    v. (动词)
    1. 假托
    2. 以⋯为借口
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]借口;托词 a reason given for an action in order to hide the real intention;excuse

英英释义

Noun:
  1. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

  2. an artful or simulated semblance;

    "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

双语例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He stayed away under the pretext of ill health.
      他以身体不佳为借口而避开了。
    2. He refused to see them on one pretext or another.
      他以种种借口拒绝见他们。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.
      他借口头疼而不去上学。

用法讲解

n. (名词)
pretext, apology, excuse
  • 这组词的共同意思是“借口”或“托词”。其区别是:
  • 1.excuse指对有意去做或不做的事情所致的辞谢或道歉; apology指对已做的或应做而未做的事情表示道歉或辞谢; pretext指以虚构、捏造的“借口”或“托词”来掩盖真实意图。
  • 2.excuse含有推卸责任或逃避指责的意味; apology含有承认做错事,但往往会找出一些理由来解释事情的发生。
  • 3.apology一般指原谅小的过失,强调“道歉”; excuse通常指原谅较大的过失,有时也可指原谅小的过失。
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