Dreye权威释义

n.[C]

借口；托辞
John left early under the pretext of illness.
今天约翰以生病为藉口，提早离开了。
The little boy tried very hard to find a pretext for not doing his homework.
这小男孩竭力想找个不做作业的藉口。

同义:

n.藉口；欺骗

同义参见:

以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》

n.

an ostensible or false reason used to justify an action.

C16: from L. praetextus ‘outward display’, from praetexere ‘to disguise’, from prae ‘before’ + texere ‘weave’.

以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》

以上来源于：《英汉法律词典》