pretext

n.

借口，托辞；假象，掩饰；

vt.

借口，假托；

复数：pretexts

on the pretext of以...为借口

find a pretext for为…找口实

1. He stayed away under the pretext of ill health.
   他以身体不佳为借口而避开了。
2. He refused to see them on one pretext or another.
   他以种种借口拒绝见他们。

Pretext for Mass Murder
Text, Context, Pretext
Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis
Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis
Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'Etat in Indonesia
Pot as Pretext: Marijuana, Race, and the New Disorder in New York City Street Policing
2005 PRETEXT: a revised staging system for primary malignant liver tumours of childhood developed by the SIOPEL group.
Accent, Standard Language Ideology, and Discriminatory Pretext in the Courts
Wisecrackers: A theory-grounded investigation of phishing and pretext social engineering threats to information security
Wisecrackers: A theory‐grounded investigation of phishing and pretext social engineering threats to information security