pretext
英 ['priːtekst]
美['pritɛkst]
- n. 借口；托辞
- vt. 以…为借口
英英释意
- 1. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
- 2. an artful or simulated semblance;
- "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"