n.借口，托辞( pretext的名词复数 )...

On various pretexts they all moved off.他们以各种各样的借口纷纷离开了.She procrastinated her return on varions pretexts.她以多种借口推迟归程.How many plausible pretexts and fair reasons might they have found for submission!他们可以找出许多似是而非的借口,和冠冕堂皇的...

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