藉口

jièkǒu
  1. to use as an excuse
  2. on the pretext
  3. excuse
  4. pretext
  5. also written 借口 jièkǒu

CEDICT

  1. excuse; pretext
  2. to use as an excuse

Wiktionary

  1. 借用别人的话，作为自己论说的依据。
  2. 以某事为理由。《文明小史．第三八回》：「卑职得了这个风声，晓得自己弹压不来，只得拜求他们地方上绅士，务必设法解散，千万不可滋事，反叫他们有所藉口。」也作「借口」。
  3. 假託的理由。如：「他以头痛为藉口，提早退席。」也作「借口」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 以某事为理由。
  2. 借用别人的话，作为自己论说的依据。
  3. 假托的理由。

維基詞典

Examples

他们的藉口都是一样的。

Their excuses were all alike.

Source: Tatoeba

乔纳斯以去洗手间为藉口离开了。

Jonas excused himself to go to the toilet.

Source: Tatoeba

没有任何藉口可以帮助你缺席这次会议。

There is no excuse to help get you out of the meeting.

There is no excuse that will let you be absent from the meeting.

Source: Tatoeba

马蒂诺以去洗手间为藉口，离开了餐桌。

Martino excused himself from the table to go to the bathroom.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 藉 jiè variant of 借 jiè
=1 藉 jiè
  1. (literary) cushion; mat
  2. (literary) to put some padding underneath
2 口 kǒu
  1. mouth
  2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Related entries

借口 jièkǒu
  1. to use as an excuse
  2. excuse; pretext
借口是没用的。

There is no use in making excuses.

Source: Tatoeba

说辞 shuōcí
  1. excuse
  2. pretext
  3. entreaties
  4. arguments
饰词 shìcí
  1. excuse
  2. pretext
由头 yóutou
  1. pretext
  2. excuse
  3. justification
  4. reason
盾牌 dùnpái
  1. shield
  2. pretext
  3. excuse
托词 tuōcí
  1. to make an excuse
  2. pretext
  3. excuse
饰 shì
  1. decoration
  2. ornament
  3. to decorate
  4. to adorn
  5. to hide
  6. to conceal (a fault)
  7. excuse (to hide a fault)
  8. to play a role (in opera)
  9. to impersonate
火星上的神殿饰有莲花。

The temples on Mars are decorated with lotus flowers.

Source: Tatoeba

借词 jiècí
  1. loanword
  2. pretext