Translation of 借口 to English with examples of 借口 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

借口

藉口

jiè kǒu

n./v. excuse, pretext, pretence, cover story; be on the excuse of, to use as an excuse

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EXAMPLES

他经常借口生病不去上课。

他經常藉口生病不去上課。

tā jīng cháng jiè kǒu shēng bìng bú qù shàng kè .

phr. He often is absent from classes on the excuse of being sick.

他以生病作为迟到的借口。

他以生病作為遲到的藉口。

tā yǐ shēng bìng zuò wéi chí dào de jiè kǒu .

phr. He plead illness as the excuse of being late.

不要再编造借口了，我们已经知道真相了。

不要再編造藉口了，我們已經知道真相了。

bú yào zài biān zào jiè kǒu le, wǒ men yǐ jīng zhī dào zhēn xiàng le .

phr. Stop inventing excuses, we already know the facts.

找借口

找藉口

zhǎo jiè kǒu

phr. seek pretext, seek excuse

制造借口

製造藉口

zhì zào jiè kǒu

phr. make up an excuse

他用借口搪塞我。

他用藉口搪塞我。

tā yòng jiè kǒu táng sè wǒ

phr. He fobbed me off with an excuse.

你的借口让人无法理解。

你的藉口讓人無法理解。

nǐ de jiè kǒu ràng rén wú fá lí jiě .

phr. Your excuse does not make sense to people.