pretext
英 ['pri?tekst]
美['prit?kst]
- n. 借口；托辭
- vt. 以…為借口
英英釋意
- 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"