ADJECTIVE | VERB + PRETEXT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤flimsy站不住腳的藉口◇Several schools banned the game on flimsy pretexts.幾所學校以一些站不住腳的藉口禁止了這個遊戲。➤false虛假的藉口◇This was a false pretext to attack another country.這是攻擊另一個國家的虛假藉口。VERB + PRETEXT➤give sb, provide (sb with)給某人藉口;(為某人)提供藉口▸➤find, invent找到/編造藉口◇He considered inventing some pretext for calling her.他想編個藉口給她打電話。PREPOSITION➤on a/the pretext藉口⋯◇He disappeared into his study on the pretext that he had work to do there.他藉口有工作要做便鑽進了書房。➤under a/the pretext以⋯為藉口◇Under the pretext of checking her identity, the man had copied down her credit card details.那個男的以檢查她的身分為藉口抄下了她信用卡的詳細資料。➤pretext for為⋯的藉口◇He used his research as a pretext for going to Hungary.他以搞研究為名到匈牙利去旅遊。PHRASES➤at the slightest pretext, on the slightest pretext隨便找個藉口◇He keeps popping into my office on the slightest pretext.他總是隨便找個藉口就跑到我的辦公室來。
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