| 1. | The pretext was weak, even fishy .
借口是站不住脚的，甚至是可疑的。 |
| 2. | On various pretexts they all moved off .
他们以各种各样的借口纷纷离开了。 |
| 3. | Pretexts and appearances no longer deceive us .
那些托辞与假象再也不会欺骗我们了。 |
| 4. | He used his sore throat as a pretext for not going to shool .
他假托喉痛不到校上课。 |
| 5. | The boy refuses to go to school on [under] the pretext of illness [an ailment , sickness] .
这孩子装病不去上学。 |
| 6. | So we marked time, using the need to end the vietnam war as a pretext .
所以，我们借口需要结束越南战争，而把步子放慢了。 |
| 7. | Under the pretext of travelling on business , ( some cadres ) go holidaying and waste public money .
以出差为名，游山玩水，给国家造成浪费。 |
| 8. | The hawks would then lose heart in upholding the settlement, and the doves would have a pretext for not supporting it .
鹰派就会对维护协议失去信心，而鸽派则得到了不予支持的口实。 |
| 9. | He required a pretext to participate in soviet bureaucratic decisions was to elevate chutzpah into an art form .
他需要找个借口才能参与苏联官僚机构的决定，不过是把厚颜无耻打扮得漂亮些罢了。 |
| 10. | He was at mr. letterblair's punctually at seven, glad of the pretext for excusing himself soon after dinner .
晚上七点，他准时来到莱特布莱尔先生家，因为大家理解他饭后马上告辞的理由，他感到心情舒畅。 |
