pretexts
n.
借口，托辞( pretext的名词复数 );
例句:
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On various pretexts they all moved off.
他们以各种各样的借口纷纷离开了.
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Pretexts and appearances no longer deceive us.
那些托辞与假象再也不会欺骗我们了.
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She procrastinated her return on varions pretexts.
她以多种借口推迟归程.
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To train me to prison under false pretexts.
来自Sir W. Scott
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The ploys have been as amusing as their pretexts are flimsy.
来自NEWYORKER