pretext: n.1.借口,口实,托词。2.假象,掩饰 (for)。短语和例子find a pretext for 为…找口实。 make a pretext of 以…作口实。 on some pretext or other 用某种借口。 on [under, upon] the pretext of 以…为借口,托词。vt.借口,假托。
A lame man obtained some money from several benevolent persons by making a pretext of being a returned soldier who was disabled in the war 一个跛子谎称是战争致残的士兵而从几位好心人那里弄到了一点钱。