基本释义
[noun] a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason
[名词] 为辩护某个行为方式而给出的理由,但并非真正的理由
深入解读
Pretext 一词由前缀 pre- (……前的)+词根 text (编织)构成,源自拉丁语 praetexere (掩饰、掩盖,字面意思指“在前面编织”)的中性过去分词 praetextum (用作名词指“借口,表面样子”)。
16世纪10年代经法语 prétexte 进入英语后, pretext 也是用来表示“借口、托词”,主要指为辩护某个行为方式而给出的虚假理由或动机,以掩盖真实意图或真实情况,比如:
- 用这种或那种借口
on one pretext or another - 他借口自己胃不舒服离开了。
He excused himself on the pretext of a stomach upset. - 他们现在会找个蹩脚的借口重新发动战争。
They would now find some dubious pretext to restart the war.
外刊例句
- He accuses outsiders of hypocrisy—did rich countries not fell their own forests?—and, sometimes, of using environmental dogma as a pretext to keep Brazil poor.
他指斥外人虚伪——富国就不砍伐森林了吗?有时他也指责他们用环境教条作借口让巴西陷于穷困。
——《经济学人》 - The West warns that Russia may be seeking a pretext to escalate the war.
西方警告称,俄罗斯可能正在寻找借口升级战争。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
“pretext” 这个词的中文解释是 “借口” 或 “幌子”。
以下是包含 “pretext” 这个词的50个短语,每个短语都附有中文解释:
- Under the pretext of – 在…的借口下
- Use as a pretext – 以…为借口
- Create a pretext – 制造借口
- On the pretext of – 以…为借口
- With a pretext of – 以…的借口
- As a mere pretext – 仅仅是个借口
- Under a flimsy pretext – 在一个站不住脚的借口下
- Invent a pretext – 编造借口
- Fabricate a pretext – 捏造借口
- Seize upon a pretext – 抓住一个借口
- Use any pretext – 以任何借口
- Find a convenient pretext – 找到一个合适的借口
- Seek a pretext for – 寻找…的借口
- Without any pretext – 毫无借口
- On the flimsiest pretext – 在站不住脚的借口下
- Under the slightest pretext – 在最微弱的借口下
- Disguise as a pretext – 伪装成借口
- Employ a pretext – 使用借口
- Resort to a pretext – 诉诸借口
- Advance a pretext – 提出借口
- Hold out a pretext – 提供借口
- With a false pretext – 以虚假借口
- On the thinnest pretext – 在最脆弱的借口下
- On the weakest pretext – 在最薄弱的借口下
- Fabricate a convenient pretext – 捏造一个合适的借口
- Seize a convenient pretext – 抓住一个合适的借口
- Use a petty pretext – 以微小的借口
- Substantiate a pretext – 证实借口
- With a flimsy pretext – 以站不住脚的借口
- On the feeblest pretext – 在最脆弱的借口下
- On a mere pretext – 仅仅以借口
- Fabricate a weak pretext – 捏造一个脆弱的借口
- Seize upon a weak pretext – 抓住一个脆弱的借口
- Invent a flimsy pretext – 编造一个站不住脚的借口
- Create a weak pretext – 制造一个脆弱的借口
- With a feeble pretext – 以最脆弱的借口
- Under the feeblest pretext – 在最脆弱的借口下
- Resort to any pretext – 诉诸任何借口
- Disguise under a pretext – 伪装成借口
- Use a false pretext – 以虚假借口
- Employ a feeble pretext – 使用脆弱的借口
- On a flimsy pretext – 在站不住脚的借口下
- With a convenient pretext – 以合适的借口
- Under a convenient pretext – 在合适的借口下
- Find any pretext – 找到任何借口
- Seek a suitable pretext – 寻找合适的借口
- Create any pretext – 制造任何借口
- Seize any pretext – 抓住任何借口
- Use the pretext of – 以…为借口
- Resort to the pretext of – 诉诸…的借口
同近义词
excuse: a reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense
plea: a claim that a circumstance means that one should not be blamed for or should not be forced to do something
pretence: an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true