pretext
词根词缀：
词根
text= to weave 编织
context n. 上下文
con 共同 + text 编织 →〔内容〕共同编织在一起的 → 上下文
pretext n. 借口
pre 预先 + text 编织 → 预先编好的 → 借口
textile n. 纺织品
text 编织 + ile 物体 → 编织出的物品 → 纺织品
texture n. 结构；质地
text 编织 + ure 表结果 → 编织的状态、结果 → 结构；质地
数据来源：新东方英语词汇速记大全
相关例句：
We mustn't absent ourselves from a meeting on some pretext.
我们不可借故不去参加会议。
I had no pretext to shoot them down.
我没有击落他们的借口。
I was going to have him called away from the house on some pretext or other
我准备找个什么借口把他从屋里支出去。
Because all they said are pretext.
因为他们所说的所有东西都是借口。
That you can't communicate? Or is that just a pretext?
您不想说，还是这只是您的借口？
John left early under the pretext of illness.
今天约翰以生病为藉口，提早离开了。