制造借口 meaning in English

cook up a pretext

All this has been done as excuses for their continued pursuance of a policy of aggression and expansion .
这一切都是为其坚持侵略扩张政策制造借口。
"silly old fool," she said to herself aloud. "you are just making excuses to go up there. "
“可怜的傻瓜，”她大声对自己说，“你不过是为上楼制造借口而已。”
It ' s no good ; you can ' t get round the issue by making excuses
这样是没有用的；你不能制造借口回避这个问题。
" silly old fool , " she said to herself aloud . " you are just making excuses to go up there .
“可怜的傻瓜， ”她大声对自己说， “你不过是为上楼制造借口而已。 ”