🎭pretext (priteksht)

noun
/ˈpriːtɛkst/
предлог, ложное оправдание (predlog, lozhnoe opravdanie)

Значение

A false reason given to hide the real purpose or motive.
a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason
Перевод значения
Ложная причина, данная для скрытия настоящей цели или мотива.
Lozhnaya prichina, dannaya dlya skrytiya nastoyashchey tseli ili motiv.

Примеры предложений

He went out on the pretext of buying groceries.

Он вышел под предлогом покупки продуктов.
On vyshel pod predlogom pokupki produktov.

He used illness as a pretext to avoid the meeting.

Он использовал болезнь как предлог, чтобы избежать встречи.
On ispol'zoval bolezn' kak predlog, chtoby izbezhat' vstrechi.

Примеры выражений

under the pretext of
под предлогом
pod predlogom

Синонимы

excuse, pretense, cover, guise, justification, alibi, front
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excuse, pretense, cover, guise, justification
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excuse, justification, cover, alibi, front

Антонимы

truth, reality, honesty, genuine reason, real motive
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truth, reality, honesty
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genuine reason, real motive, truth

Коллокации

under the pretext, flimsy pretext, on the pretext, false pretext, under pretext, use pretext, provide pretext
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under the pretext, flimsy pretext, on the pretext, false pretext
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under pretext, false pretext, use pretext, provide pretext

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