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pretext 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 借口, 托词

v. 以...为借口

英文释义

n. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

pretext 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 pretext 在自然语境里怎么用：

Last weekend, he claimed that explosives had been found near the pipeline that carries Russian gas into Hungary through Serbia—assertions the opposition condemned as a pretext to delegitimize the vote.

—— Viktor Orbán Could Actually Lose

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