pre-,在前，早于，预先，-text,编织，词源同text,texture.比喻用法，即先编好的。

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

他们想找借口用武力征服这个地区。

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

他们现在会找个蹩脚的借口重新发动战争。

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

这次事件成了干涉那个地区的借口。

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

他借口头疼而不去上学.

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

他以生病为借口,没参加那个会议.