pretext
US /ˈpriː.tekst/
UK /ˈpriː.tekst/
名詞
藉口, 託詞
a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason
範例:
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He called her on the pretext of asking for a recipe.
他以詢問食譜為藉口給她打電話。
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The war was started on a false pretext.
這場戰爭是以虛假的藉口發動的。