Very often landlords don't return tenants' deposits on the pretext that tenants have done damage to the house.

房东通常不退还租户的押金，借口是租户损坏了房子。

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He left early on the pretext that he had a bad toothache and had to see the dentist.

他借口牙疼得厉害，必须看牙医，而提早离开了。

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The ECB might launch a programme of bond-buying on the pretext that a deep recession in the euro area threatens deflation.

欧洲央行可以利用防止欧元区陷入深刻衰退为借口，启动一项债券购买计划。

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The prosecution case is that Eliza Samudio was lured to a hotel in Rio de Janeiro on the pretext of obtaining a DNA test to prove the footballer was the father of her child.

BBC: Eliza Samudio in August 2009

Under the pretext of polling people on their party affiliation, they falsely suggested that a sitting Liberal member in Montreal was planning to retire last year.

ECONOMIST: Dirty tricks, but did they work?

The pretext given was that, since sequestration's potential effects on particular contracts had not been specified, there was insufficient basis to know the extent of the impact on employment and, therefore, the statute would not apply.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Post-Constitutional President