pretexto
pretence [pretense, -USA] ; pretext ; false pretence ; cop-out.
Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.
The article is entitled 'Online research: an efficient pretext to educate engineers to inform themselves'.
That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.
con el pretexto de [También escrito under the pretext of]
under the guise of
under the flag of
in the guise of
on the pretext of
Although the application of policies requires an exercise of judgment, violation of the policy under the guise of 'flexibility' should be avoided.
When the news media in the United States serve as a megaphone for government policy, they do so under the flag of responsible journalism; when foreign media do the same, however, it is called 'propaganda'.
Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.
We are firmly opposed to the superpowers subjecting other countries to their control and plunder on the pretext of improving the human environment.
falso pretexto
false pretence
That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.
pretexto muy pobre
lame excuse
This one is one of the lame excuses almost always used when an individual is not coping, out their depth and in over their head.
pretexto poco convincente
lame excuse
This one is one of the lame excuses almost always used when an individual is not coping, out their depth and in over their head.