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

1 . 擋箭牌

... 黨風建設 construction of the Party conduct 擋箭牌 excuse; pretext當前用戶 active user.

2 . 借口

...派生出名詞texrus，意思是“文風”、“文學作品的結構”或“編織詞句的方式”，那么，英語的另一個詞pretext（借口）就好理解了，pre來自拉丁語pre，意思為“在…前面”，pretext即是說“借口”這個東西象一幅織.

3 . 藉口

...nothing more than　只不過、只是（意同only）pretext　藉口、托詞lead to 　導致、造成

4 . 托辭

discard vt. 丟棄，拋棄pretextn. 借口，托辭context n. 文章前后關系，上下文

1 . 為借口

one even hinted that some billboards might be taken down on the pretext that they were poorly made and might fall and cause accidents .某官員甚至以某些廣告牌制作粗糙，可能會掉落從而導致意外事故發生為借口，暗示這些廣告牌應該被撤掉。

1 . 任何借口

A defendant shall not be deprived on any pretext of his right to appeal., 對被告人的上訴權 , 不得以任何借口加以剝奪.

1 . 各種借口

He procrastinated his return on various pretexts ., 他以各種借口拖延歸期.

1 . 找個借口

he required a pretext to participate in Soviet Bureaucratic decisions was to elevate chutzpah into an art form .他需要找個借口才能參與蘇聯官僚機構的決定，不過是把厚顏無恥打扮得漂亮些罷了。

2 . 個借口

Luoxi Bridge is a pretext to continue to charge fees that works ?, 洛溪大橋繼續收費說修整是否找個借口來收費?