Level800
noun (名詞)
pretext
口実、言い訳
💡 Usage & Nuance:
TOEICでは、会議の欠席理由や契約変更の理由など、何かの行動や決定の裏にある本当の理由を隠すために使われる「表向きの理由」として登場することがあります。特にPart 7のEメールやメモで使われることがあります。
🔄 Paraphrase & Synonyms
excuse
reason
cover-up
guise
📝 Business Examples
He used his busy schedule as a pretext for not attending the meeting.
彼は忙しいスケジュールを会議に出席しない口実にした。
Part 5 Practice Quiz
Verify your vocabulary strength for "pretext"
The company offered a reduction in staff salaries under the _______ of economic difficulties.
🎉 正解 / Correct!
解説: 経済的困難を口実にして、給与削減が行われたという文脈が適切です。
English: The context suggests that economic difficulties were given as an artificial reason for salary reduction.
English: The context suggests that economic difficulties were given as an artificial reason for salary reduction.
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