| 词汇 | pretext |
| 类别 | 英译汉、汉译英、英汉互译翻译词典 |
| 释义 | pretext['pri:tekst]n. 借口, 托词vt. 以...为借口vi. 以...为借口【法】 藉口, 托词相关词组:on some pretext or otherfind a pretext forunder the pretext ofmake a pretext for pretext pre.text AHD: [pr¶“tµkst”] D.J. [6pri87tekst]K.K. [6pri7tWkst]n.(名词)1. An ostensible or professed purpose; an excuse.借口,托词:表面的目的;理由2. An effort or a strategy intended to conceal something.掩饰,装腔作势:要求掩盖的作法或手段v.tr.(及物动词) pre.text.ed,pre.text.ing,pre.texts To allege as an excuse.借口:说成借口语源:1. Latin praetextum [from neuter past participle of] praetexere [to disguise] 拉丁语 praetextum [] 源自praetexere的中性过去分词 [掩饰] 2. prae- [pre-] prae- [前缀,在…之前] 3. texere [to weave] * see teks- texere [纺织,编出] *参见 teks- |
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