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IELTS BNC: 13929 COCA: 13441

pretext

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pre·text /ˈpriːtekst/ noun [countableC]  
REASONa false reason given for an action, in order to hide the real reason 借口，托词
pretext for
 The incident provided the pretext for war.
那个事件成了战争的借口。
on/under the pretext of doing something
 Tom called at her apartment on the pretext of asking for a book.
汤姆借口要一本书去了她的公寓。
on/under the pretext that
 He left immediately on the pretext that he had a train to catch.
他借口要赶火车马上就离开了。
 He’ll phone on some pretext or other.
他会以这样或那样的理由打电话的。
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Examples from the Corpus
pretext• Minor offences were sometimes used as a pretext for an arrest.• She couldn't find a pretext to visit Derek at home.• Every adverse employment decision is a pretext for litigation.• He can't recall the man's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house.• His sore leg was a pretext. He just wanted a day off work.• The boy was simply a beggar: his bundle of newspapers was a pretext, and we called him the Newspaper Boy.• What bothers us more is the seeming predisposition of the federal courts to strike down term-limit laws on just about any pretext.• One pretext disposed of, McClellan found another.• He could of course simply walk out on some pretext - visiting a friend.• He used to spend hours at her house on the pretext of giving her Japanese lessons.• I lingered, on the pretext of finishing half a glass of champagne.• People were moving more slowly and nonchalantly, without the pretext of a destination or purpose.
on some pretext• He could of course simply walk out on some pretext - visiting a friend.• He would have Christmas Day off and he would surely call at the vicarage on some pretext or other.
Origin pretext
(1500-1600) Latin praetextus, from praetexere “to weave in front, make an excuse”
pre·text noun
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IELTS BNC: 13929 COCA: 13441
pretext

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PRETEXT | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤flimsy站不住腳的藉口◇Several schools banned the game on flimsy pretexts.幾所學校以一些站不住腳的藉口禁止了這個遊戲。➤false虛假的藉口◇This was a false pretext to attack another country.這是攻擊另一個國家的虛假藉口。VERB + PRETEXT➤give sb, provide (sb with)給某人藉口；（為某人）提供藉口▸➤find, invent找到／編造藉口◇He considered inventing some pretext for calling her.他想編個藉口給她打電話。PREPOSITION➤on a/the pretext藉口⋯◇He disappeared into his study on the pretext that he had work to do there.他藉口有工作要做便鑽進了書房。➤under a/the pretext以⋯為藉口◇Under the pretext of checking her identity, the man had copied down her credit card details.那個男的以檢查她的身分為藉口抄下了她信用卡的詳細資料。➤pretext for為⋯的藉口◇He used his research as a pretext for going to Hungary.他以搞研究為名到匈牙利去旅遊。PHRASES➤at the slightest pretext, on the slightest pretext隨便找個藉口◇He keeps popping into my office on the slightest pretext.他總是隨便找個藉口就跑到我的辦公室來。
IELTS BNC: 13929 COCA: 13441
pretext noun
⇨ reason
IELTS BNC: 13929 COCA: 13441
pretext
Reasons and excuses: reason, excuse, point...

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