单词
pretext
读音
ˈpriːtekst
美式
英式
词根
"Pretext"来源于拉丁语，由“pre-”即“在前面”和“textere”即“编织”组成，字面意思是“在前面编织”，形象表达了借口或托词的含义。
释义
n. 借口；托辞 vt. 以…为借口 [ 复数 pretexts ]
例句
He left the party early on the pretext of having to work.
他借口有事要处理，早早离开了聚会。
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。
This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections.
这给当局提供了一个取消选举的借口。
He left the party early on the pretext of having to work.
他借口有事要处理，早早离开了聚会。
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。
This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections.
这给当局提供了一个取消选举的借口。
强化记忆
你可以将"pretext"和"pretend"关联起来记忆，二者都有假装、掩饰的意思。"Pretext"首次出现在16世纪英文中，它的本意是从一种事物去推断另一种隐藏的或不明显的事物，后演变成现在的“借口，托词”的含义。
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for more than a century,the anti-pornography position had been used as a pretextfor discriminating against gays and lesbians
was in 2009 when the Egyptian authorities under the regime of Hosni Mubarakdecided to slaughter 300,000 pigs using the pretext of H1N1 virus.Originally, they are pig breeders.
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