pretext meaning in English
n.
1.借口，口实，托词。
2.假象，掩饰 (for)。
短语和例子
vt.
借口，假托。
Examples
- The pretext was weak, even fishy .
借口是站不住脚的，甚至是可疑的。 - On various pretexts they all moved off .
他们以各种各样的借口纷纷离开了。 - Pretexts and appearances no longer deceive us .
那些托辞与假象再也不会欺骗我们了。 - He used his sore throat as a pretext for not going to shool .
他假托喉痛不到校上课。 - The boy refuses to go to school on [under] the pretext of illness [an ailment , sickness] .
这孩子装病不去上学。