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书籍：英汉辞典
更新时间：2018-09-12 06:22:12
出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第977页（301字）
【词性】：n．
【释义】：
借口，托辞，口实：find a pretext for sth．(or doing sth)找…的借口．Social-imperialism practises expansion on some pretext or other．社会帝国主义用种种借口实行扩张．on(or under)the pretext of以…为借口：We should not neglect reading newspapers on the pretext of being busy with our work．我们不应该借口工作忙而不看报．