pretext

• n. 弁解；口実
• vt.言い訳をする

pre,の前に,前に,前もって, -text,を織る, 語源的にはtextと同じ, 質感.比喩的用法, すなわち、あらかじめ織られた.

pretext

pretext: see text

pretext (n.)

1510s, from French prétexte, from Latin praetextum "a pretext, outward display," noun use of neuter past participle of praetexere "to disguise, cover," literally "weave in front" (for sense, compare pull the wool over (someone's) eyes); from prae- "in front" (see pre-) + texere "to weave," from PIE root *teks- "to weave, to make" (see texture (n.)).

1. They wanted a pretext for subduing the region by force.

彼らはこの地域を武力で征服する口実を探している。

2.They would now find some dubious pretext to restart the war.

彼らは今、下手な言い訳をして戦争を再開するだろう。

3.The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area.

今回の事件はその地域に干渉する口実になった。

4.He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.

彼は頭痛を理由に学校を休んだ。

5.He didn 't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.

彼は病気を口実にその会議に参加しなかった。