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pretext
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural pretexts
plural pretexts
Learner's definition of PRETEXT
[count]
: a reason that you give to hide your real reason for doing something : pretense借口；托词
- The leaders used a minor clash at the border as a pretext for war. [=as a reason/excuse for starting a war]领导者们利用边界上的小冲突作为托词发动战争。
- She always managed to visit him on one pretext or another. [=she found various reasons to visit him]她总设法找出各种借口去拜访他。
- She went back to her friend's house on/under the pretext that she had forgotten her purse.她借口落下了手提包，又返回到朋友家里。
pretext
noun
pre·text ˈprē-ˌtekst 
: a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
Example Sentences
She went back to her friend's house on the pretext that she had forgotten her purse.
Recent Examples on the Web Armenia said the claims may be intended as a pretext for military action. 
Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2022 The charge against Bowman has been widely seen as a pretext for cracking down on her for views the government may have considered critical, although her business was operated as a consultancy and did not play a notably vocal role in public affairs. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 Her killing raised concerns that Russia would use the bombing as a pretext for escalating its six-month war in Ukraine. Harold Maass, The Week, 23 Aug. 2022 American and Taiwanese officials have accused China of using Pelosi’s visit as a pretext for intimidating moves, and a senior U.S. official said recently that Washington would continue to deepen its ties with Taiwan in the coming days and weeks. Johnson Lai, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2022 American and Taiwanese officials have accused China of using Pelosi's visit as a pretext for intimidating moves, and a senior U.S. official said recently that Washington would continue to deepen its ties with Taiwan in the coming days and weeks. CBS News, 15 Aug. 2022 Germany, Russia’s biggest gas customer in the European Union, has called the moves an economic attack, saying that Moscow is using the turbine issue as a pretext. Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 27 July 2022 The White House has warned that China could use Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as a pretext for provocation, laying out a number of potential responses by Beijing. Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Some Assembly members and other community leaders say the administration is using the fire danger as a pretext for opening Centennial as a stopgap measure in the wake of Sullivan’s closure. Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2022 See More
Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2022 The charge against Bowman has been widely seen as a pretext for cracking down on her for views the government may have considered critical, although her business was operated as a consultancy and did not play a notably vocal role in public affairs. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 Her killing raised concerns that Russia would use the bombing as a pretext for escalating its six-month war in Ukraine. Harold Maass, The Week, 23 Aug. 2022 American and Taiwanese officials have accused China of using Pelosi’s visit as a pretext for intimidating moves, and a senior U.S. official said recently that Washington would continue to deepen its ties with Taiwan in the coming days and weeks. Johnson Lai, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2022 American and Taiwanese officials have accused China of using Pelosi's visit as a pretext for intimidating moves, and a senior U.S. official said recently that Washington would continue to deepen its ties with Taiwan in the coming days and weeks. CBS News, 15 Aug. 2022 Germany, Russia’s biggest gas customer in the European Union, has called the moves an economic attack, saying that Moscow is using the turbine issue as a pretext. Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 27 July 2022 The White House has warned that China could use Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as a pretext for provocation, laying out a number of potential responses by Beijing. Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Some Assembly members and other community leaders say the administration is using the fire danger as a pretext for opening Centennial as a stopgap measure in the wake of Sullivan’s closure. Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2022 See More Word History
Phrases Containing pretext
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