pretext [ˈpriˌtɛkst]

例句:

• They wanted a pretext for subduing the region by force.
  他们想找借口用武力征服这个地区。
  
• They would now find some dubious pretext to restart the war.
  他们现在会找个蹩脚的借口重新发动战争。
  
• The Romantics invented invalidism as a pretext for leisure.
  来自S. Sontag
• The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area.
  这次事件成了干涉那个地区的借口。
  
• But analysts said this dispute was merely a pretext.
  来自VOA
• You launch a blistering attack using any pretext.
  来自SA
• He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.
  他借口头疼而不去上学。
  来自《权威词典》