A role as senior diplomat would be a good alibi for his absence.
高级外交官的角色将是他缺席的上佳托词。
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Claiming a lack of opportunities is superficial excuse for justifying failure.
声称缺少机遇只是是敷衍失败的托词.
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Mr Patel phoned the University for an explanation, and he was given the usual unconvincing excuses.
帕特尔先生致电大学要求对方作出解释,但只得到了一些无关痛痒的惯用托词。
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He tried to explain away his lateness, but we did not accept his excuse.
他竭力为自己迟到辩解, 但是,我们不相信他的托词.
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An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented.
虚构的作品或托词,并不代表是真实的,而是被编造出来的.
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帕特尔先生致电大学要求对方作出解释,但只得到了一些无关痛痒的惯用托词。
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