pretext

美 [?pri?tekst] 　英 [?pri??tekst]

• n.借口；托辭
• v.借口
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)托詞；藉口；擋箭牌

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例句

It says Starbucks brewed them up to give itself a pretext for grabbing back the best part of its business without paying for it.

星巴克制造了這些說(shuō)辭來(lái)作為重奪優(yōu)質(zhì)市場(chǎng)而不花一分錢(qián)的借口，星巴克的咖啡店業(yè)務(wù)進(jìn)展緩慢。

They would call Sarah in, on a pretext, and watch her face; if she had been betraying them to Mr. Burgess, it would show in her manner.

他們找個(gè)借口叫莎拉來(lái)，察言觀色：假如她向伯杰斯先生出賣了他們，從她的行為舉止就能看得出來(lái)。

Mired in debt, the city sold the building to an investor who found a pretext to terminate the leases.

陷入債務(wù)危機(jī)之后，政府將這棟大樓出售給了投資商，投資商又找借口終止了租賃合同。

He left her under some pretext, and went into the garden, and she saw him examining the gate with great attention.

他支吾了幾句，便離開(kāi)她去園子里，珂賽特望見(jiàn)他在仔仔細(xì)細(xì)地檢查那道鐵欄門(mén)。

The whole story was a pretext. He wanted me to leave the deck - so much was plain; but with what purpose I could in no way imagine.

這一切無(wú)非是借口，他想讓我離開(kāi)甲板——這是再明顯不過(guò)的，但我怎么也想象不出他的意圖所在。

One even hinted that some billboards might be taken down on the pretext that they were poorly made and might fall and cause accidents.

有人甚至暗示，一些廣告牌可能會(huì)以制作粗糙或存在坍倒和引發(fā)事故危險(xiǎn)為由遭到撤除。

Remilia: From the beginning, the story of the treasure was just a pretext to lure you!

蕾米莉亞：起初，這個(gè)關(guān)于寶藏的故事就是一個(gè)借口在忽悠你們！

The government has stripped Mr Ivanishvili (and his wife) of their citizenship on a pretext and seized a few million dollars from his bank.

政府隨便找了個(gè)借口就把比濟(jì)納及其妻的國(guó)籍給剝奪了，并且還凍結(jié)了比濟(jì)納在銀行的幾百萬(wàn)美元的存款。

But those campaigning for sex-workers' rights have objected, fearing that this might give the police a pretext to renew the raids.

但他們不會(huì)發(fā)起那些為性工作者爭(zhēng)取權(quán)利的運(yùn)動(dòng)，因?yàn)?/c>擔(dān)心這可能成為警方重新開(kāi)始搜捕的藉口。

No man of vice can be condemned unless he ceases to look upon vice as a pretext and turns it into a goal.

我們不能去責(zé)難一個(gè)邪惡的人，除非他不再將邪惡看作借口而是將其變?yōu)?/c>最終目標(biāo)。

5 For neither were we found at any time with flattering speech, even as you know, nor with a pretext for covetousness; God is witness.

帖前二5因?yàn)?/c>我們從來(lái)沒(méi)有用過(guò)諂媚的話，就如你們所知道的；也沒(méi)有藉掩飾而貪婪，這是神可以作見(jiàn)證的。

"But we are against any other countries using Internet freedom as a pretext for interfering in others' internal affairs, " he said.

他說(shuō)，“但是我們反對(duì)任何國(guó)家利用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)自由作為借口干涉別國(guó)內(nèi)部事務(wù)的做法。”

You'll notice that the earlier scenarios involve having a pretext or talking to people who have to talk with you.

你會(huì)留意到，早先的場(chǎng)景都涉及到借口或是跟那些不得不與你說(shuō)話的人聊天。

Her husband started keeping concubines on the pretext of trying to carry on the family line and moved to Seoul to start a new business.

她的丈夫以傳宗接代為借口開(kāi)始納妾，然后搬到漢城，開(kāi)始做新的生意。

Intellectual property protection has sometimes been used as a pretext to silence dissent.

對(duì)知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)的保護(hù)有時(shí)被用來(lái)作為壓制異議的借口。

Only a pretext to shirk its responsibility, but a means of shielding officials of crime only.

只是一種推卸責(zé)任的借口而已，只是一種包庇官員犯罪行為的手段而已。

The "disputed" scrap of land known as the Shebaa Farms is at most a pretext Hizbullah uses to justify its fighting.

有爭(zhēng)議的這一小塊土地就是薩巴阿農(nóng)場(chǎng)，這至多是真主黨用來(lái)為其開(kāi)戰(zhàn)辯解的借口。

The loan request provided the pretext, but by then the balance had already shifted and Britain could have done little to reverse the tide.

貸款上的要求提供了一個(gè)借口，但當(dāng)時(shí)實(shí)力的天平已經(jīng)傾斜，英國(guó)已經(jīng)無(wú)力扭轉(zhuǎn)這種趨勢(shì)了。

She had become a necessity to his heart, his only pretext, his only excuse, for living.

但這時(shí)已經(jīng)來(lái)不及了，她已經(jīng)變成他心里的需要，他活下來(lái)的唯一借口和托詞了。

Panel on the second day of the meeting, this staff for their past performance has done a review, did not find any pretext.

在第二天的小組會(huì)議上，這名員工為自己過(guò)去的表現(xiàn)做了檢討，沒(méi)有找任何借口。

He made a pretext of going to class But caMe. and saw Me. instead.

他假裝要去上課但是反而在這看到我。

War, regardless of what happened pretext, the Federation of innocent people left to the body and soul of the pain!

戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，不論以怎樣的借口發(fā)生，總會(huì)給無(wú)辜者留下身體和心靈上的傷痛！

By March 1898 the German Kaiser Wilhelm II took formal possession of the region with the two murdered German missionaries as a pretext.

1898年3月，德國(guó)皇帝威廉二世借口兩個(gè)德國(guó)傳教士被殺，趁機(jī)先行占領(lǐng)了膠州。

But on this pretext it would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith" !

但在這個(gè)托詞之下，以信仰的雅號(hào)尊稱無(wú)知與謙虛的結(jié)合，是極端的荒謬。

But it is thought he might withdraw, providing a convenient pretext to avoid a poll that will benefit mainly the Taliban.

但是，有人認(rèn)為他可能會(huì)退出競(jìng)選，這將提供托詞以避免投票，而投票只會(huì)對(duì)塔利班有利。

Social barriers mainly refers to the laborers working environment and the right to life as a pretext to take trade protection measures.

社會(huì)壁壘主要是指以勞動(dòng)者勞動(dòng)環(huán)境和生存權(quán)利為借口而采取的貿(mào)易保護(hù)措施。

Dozens of newspapers opened during the Khatami period, only for many to be shut down on one pretext or another by the judiciary.

在哈塔米總統(tǒng)的任期內(nèi)，許多的新聞報(bào)紙企業(yè)建成，但是國(guó)家司法部門(mén)卻借助于一個(gè)又一個(gè)的托詞迫使這之中很多企業(yè)就此關(guān)門(mén)。

and a number of Muslim activists saw the row as a wonderful pretext for promoting themselves and discrediting the West's Muslim allies.

而許多穆斯林積極分子以此為一個(gè)不錯(cuò)的借口來(lái)回吵鬧，是為了抬高自己，詆毀西方的穆斯林同盟者。

On some suitable pretext Whymper was led through the store-shed and allowed to catch a glimpse of the bins .

最后找個(gè)適當(dāng)的借口，把溫普爾領(lǐng)到儲(chǔ)藏棚，讓他瞥上一眼。

Under the pretext of his wife's illness, Hua went back home.

他就以妻子生病為托辭，回了家。

He came to see me under the pretext of asking my advice when he really wanted to borrow money.

他以請(qǐng)我指教為藉口前來(lái)看我，其實(shí)是想借錢(qián)。

They were also used as a pretext to enforce the economic sanctions regime directed against Iran, adopted by the UN Security Council.

他們還用它作為聯(lián)合國(guó)安理會(huì)對(duì)伊朗實(shí)施經(jīng)濟(jì)制裁的借口。

The U. S. closure of a Sadrist newspaper provided a handy pretext for an uprising in 2004.

美國(guó)取締一家薩德?tīng)?/c>報(bào)紙的行為，為2004年的一次暴動(dòng)提供了口實(shí)。

If army influence wanes, it could provoke a crisis of its own making as a pretext to wrestle back control.

如果軍隊(duì)勢(shì)力減弱，那麼軍隊(duì)可能會(huì)借口國(guó)家出現(xiàn)危機(jī)而把權(quán)力奪回來(lái)。

No entity or individual may organize the exhibiting activities under any other pretext.

任何單位或個(gè)人不得以其他名義組團(tuán)出國(guó)從事展覽活動(dòng)。

This term will inevitably be used as a pretext by the authorities and scholars who used to shirk responsibility or make an explanation.

“轉(zhuǎn)型社會(huì)”這一名詞便不可避開(kāi)地作為一種口實(shí)而被當(dāng)局者與學(xué)者拿來(lái)推卸責(zé)任與說(shuō)明不足。

A defendant shall not be deprived on any pretext of his right to appeal.

對(duì)被告人的上訴權(quán)，不得以任何借口加以剝奪。

Tests that are presented under the pretext of learning are actually used to brand a school and its kids as satisfactory or sub-par.

以學(xué)習(xí)為借口的考試，實(shí)際上被用于給學(xué)校和學(xué)生貼上“良”或“不合格”的標(biāo)簽。

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.

一個(gè)跛子謊稱是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)致殘的士兵而從幾位好心人那里弄到了一點(diǎn)錢(qián)。

We hope they will not make use of any grey area in the ordinance to come up with any pretext for cutting their paid meal hours or days off.

即使如此，我們希望雇主不應(yīng)該利用法例的灰色地帶，在飯鐘錢(qián)和休息日工資巧立名目，侵損雇員的利益。