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The big purchaser used every pretext to force down prices.那个大买主用一切借口压低价格。This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections.这给当局取消此次选举提供了借口。The little boy tried very hard to find a pretext for not doing his homework.这小男孩竭力想找个不做作业的借口。Tom called at her apartment on the pretext of asking for a book.汤姆借口要一本书去了她的公寓。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。She always managed to visit him on one pretext or another. 她总设法找出各种借口去拜访他。He used his research as a pretext for going to Hungary.他以搞研究为名到匈牙利去旅游。He considered inventing some pretext for calling her.他想编个借口给她打电话。He excused himself on the pretext of a stomach upset.他借口自己胃不舒服离开了。A tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.暴君总可以为自己找到暴政的借口。He disappeared into his study on the pretext that he had work to do there.他借口有工作要做便钻进了书房。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。The leaders used a minor clash at the border as a pretext for war. 领导者们利用边界上的小冲突作为托词发动战争。They would now find some dubious pretext to restart the war.他们现在会找个蹩脚的借口重新发动战争。The economic recession gave lawmakers a convenient pretext for passing the bill.经济衰退给立法者们通过此项议案提供了恰当的借口。He left immediately on the pretext that he had a train to catch.他借口要赶火车马上就离开了。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。She couldn't find a pretext to visit Derek at home.她找不到去德里克家走访的借口。They wanted a pretext for subduing the region by force.他们想找借口用武力征服这个地区。He keeps popping into my office on the slightest pretext.他总是随便找个借口就跑到我的办公室来。There is no sense in fastening on that pretext of yours.一味强调你那个借口是没有用处的。Minor offences were sometimes used as a pretext for an arrest.犯轻罪有时被用作逮捕人的借口。His sore leg was a pretext. He just wanted a day off work.腿酸痛是个借口，他只是想休假一天。She went back to her friend's house on/under the pretext that she had forgotten her purse.她借口落下了手提包，又返回到朋友家里。This was a false pretext to attack another country.这是攻击另一个国家的虚假借口。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。John left early under the pretext of illness.今天约翰以病为借口，提早离开了。 |