| 释义 |
借口pretext;excuse (两者的区别在于：“Pretext” is a fictitious reason given in order to conceal the real one,a specious excuse,a pretense.“Excuse” is an explanation offered in defence of some fault or offensive behavior or as a reason for not fulfilling an obligation.)
这一切都是为其坚持侵略扩张政策制造～。All this has been done as (or in order to invent) excuses for their continued pursuance of a policy of aggression and expansion./不能把维护国家独立主权和正当的民族利益说成是什么民族主义，更不能以此为～加以侵犯，因为这是违背马列主义基本原则的。It is against the basic principles of MarxismLeninism to dismiss the maintenance of state independence and sovereignty and rightful national interests as nationalism,or worse still,to subject a country to aggression under that pretext./企图寻找～为其占领辩护try to find an excuse (or pretext) for its occupation/提出种种～produce various excuses/制造～cook up a pretext;invent an excuse |