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- Endanger 50
- adverb 603
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；托詞
- The leaders used a minor clash at the border as a pretext for war. [=as a reason/excuse for starting a war]領導者們利用邊界上的小沖突作爲托詞發動戰爭。
- She always managed to visit him on one pretext or another. [=she found various reasons to visit him]她總設法找出各種借口去拜訪他。
- 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，又返回到朋友家裏。
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
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Phrases Containing pretext
noun
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