N-COUNT A pretext is a reason that you pretend has caused you to do something. 托词
They wanted a pretext for subduing the region by force.
他们需要一个用武力征服那个地区的托词。
He left the party early on the pretext of having to work.
他借口有事要处理，早早离开了聚会。
He left the party early on the pretext of having work to do.
他借口有事要处理，早早离开了聚会。
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。
Is there going to be a new wave of assassinations, under the pretext that there is no security in the country?
VOA: standard.2009.04.30
The case is seen as a pretext for extending her detention and preventing her from participating in next year's elections.
VOA: standard.2009.05.31
The Brazilian leader said he told Mr.Zelaya not to give the interim government a pretext to resort to violence in the standoff.
VOA: standard.2009.09.22
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