参考词典中pretext的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 借口,托辞
vt.
vi. 借口
词形变化
- 时 态:pre·text·ed, pre·text·ing, pre·texts
参考例句
- The rain furnished him with a good pretext.
那场雨给他提供了一个好的借口。 - At the slightest pretext or provocation.
以很小的事为借口或因很小的事而激怒 - A tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
暴君总可以为自己找到暴政的藉口。
- The rain furnished him with a good pretext.
英英解释