| 单词 | 为借口 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔REASON〕He used to spend hours at her house on the pretext of giving her Japanese lessons. 他过去经常以给她上日语课为借口，在她家逗留好几个小时。朗文写作活用〔allege〕In her defense Halen alleged temporary insanity.在答辩中，海伦提出一时的精神错乱为借口。21世纪英汉〔buy time〕He tried to buy time by saying he hadn't been well.他试图以身体不适为借口来拖延时间。剑桥高阶〔excuse〕Illness was used as an excuse so the defendant could avoid trial.被告用生病作为借口来逃避审判。朗文当代〔hat〕At the slightest pretext or provocation.以很小的事为借口或因很小的事而激怒美国传统〔ignorance〕Ignorance of the law is no excuse.不懂法不能成为借口。麦克米伦高阶〔milk〕I know he's had a hard time lately, but he's certainly milking it for all it's worth(= using it as an excuse to do things that people would normally object to).我知道他最近的日子不好过，但他却以此为借口为所欲为。牛津高阶〔pretext〕He used his sore finger as a pretext for not going to school.他以手指痛为借口不去上学。英汉大词典〔pretext〕I darted into the bedroom on the pretext of looking for a book.我以找书为借口冲进了卧室。外研社新世纪〔pretext〕Under the pretext of checking her identity, the man had copied down her credit card details.那个男的以检查她的身份为借口抄下了她信用卡的详细资料。牛津搭配〔sickout〕An organized job action in which employees absent themselves from work on the pretext of illness.集体托病怠工：一种有组织的工作行动，雇员们以生病为借口而旷工美国传统He tried to buy time (= be allowed more time) by saying he hadn't been well.他以身体不适为借口来赢得时间。剑桥国际John left early under the pretext of illness. 今天约翰以病为借口，提早离开了。译典通 |
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