06759776-n 'something serving to conceal plans';
 
Czech záminka , výmluva
Chinese (simplified) 托辞 , 盾牌 , 挡箭牌 , 事故 , 掩饰
英語 pretext 1 , stalking-horse
Indonesian helah , dalih , alasan
Italian rampino , ammennicolo , pretesto , addentellato , storia
日本語 口実
Malaysian helah , dalih , alasan
Definitions
Italian
pretesto per tergivestare
― fare delle storie
英語
something serving to conceal plans
a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
日本語
計画を隠すのに役立つもの
本当の理由を隠すためにでっちあげられる虚為の理由
Relations
Hyponym: putoff
Hypernym: pretense
Semantic Field: communicationn
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