under pretense meaning in English
藉口
Examples
- If he pinched her again under pretense of picking up her napkin , she would throw her glass in his face ! nevertheless , the evening passed off well
而现在呢，娜娜恨他了，如果他装着捡餐巾去捏她的脚，她就把酒杯扔到他的脸上。 - He agreed with the captain of a new your sloop to take me , under pretense of my being a young man of his acquaintance , that had an intrigue with a girl of bad character , whose parents would compel me to marry her , and that i could neither appear nor come away publicly
他和三个纽约帆船船长替我想出奇妙出路，说我是他的一个小朋友，曾和一个顽劣的少女私通，而她的家族，决意要强迫我和她结婚，所以我不能出现或明目张胆离开。