英和和英

読み方 かこつけ

名詞

A pretence; a pretext; a plea:（=る） to pretend to be （ill）; to make a pretence of, make a pretext of, make a plea of （illness）

用例

• 病にかこつけて
  under pretence of illness―on the pretence of illness―under pretext of illness―on the pretext of illness―under plea of illness―on the plea of illness―under colour of illness―under cover of illness―under the cloak of illness―under the mask of illness

• 彼は病にかこつけて面会を謝絶した
  He declined to see me under plea of illness.
• 彼はなにかしらにかこつけて学校を休む
  He absents himself from school on some pretext or other.
• 親切にかこつけて僕をだました
  He cheated me under colour of friendship―under the mask of friendship.
• 伝道にかこつけて国を取る
  to conquer a country under cover of religion―under the mask of religion―under the cloak of religion―under the veil of religion