出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第268页(204字)
指挖空心思定出各种名目,以达不正当的目的,例这个贪官污吏为了中饱私囊,所以巧立名目,制定多项苛捐杂税来压榨乡民。
By concocting various pretexts,this corrupt official filled his own pockets by taxing the people.