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n.
(名詞)
- [C]借口；托詞 a reason given for an action in order to hide the real intention;excuse
n.
名詞
- 借口
- 托辭
- 口實
- 托詞
- 假象
- 掩飾
- 緣故
- 理由
v.
動詞
- 假托
- 以?為借口
Noun:
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something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
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an artful or simulated semblance;
"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
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用作名詞 (n.)
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He stayed away under the pretext of ill health.
他以身體上不佳為找個理由而避走了。
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He refused to see them on one pretext or another.
他以各種各樣的找個理由謝絕見其。
用作名詞 (n.)
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He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.
他說辭頭痛而沒能夠用心上大學。
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She had written the letter herself as a pretext to gain admittance.
來源于： W. Trevor
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The Romantics invented invalidism as a pretext for leisure.
選自： S. Sontag
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Pretexting an appointment..he left.
源于： W. S. Maugham
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n. (名詞)
- pretext, apology, excuse
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- 這組詞的共同意思是“借口”或“托詞”。其區別是：
- 1.excuse指對有意去做或不做的事情所致的辭謝或道歉; apology指對已做的或應做而未做的事情表示道歉或辭謝; pretext指以虛構、捏造的“借口”或“托詞”來掩蓋真實意圖。
- 2.excuse含有推卸責任或逃避指責的意味; apology含有承認做錯事,但往往會找出一些理由來解釋事情的發生。
- 3.apology一般指原諒小的過失,強調“道歉”; excuse通常指原諒較大的過失,有時也可指原諒小的過失。
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