prophases

词形变化

prophaseis 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The actual reasons for going to war. These may differ from proschemata, the pretexts offered to the public.

  2. 1.

    plural of prophase

词源

Ancient Greek πρόφασις (próphasis, “pretense, pretext, excuse”), first popularized by Thucydides, who attempted to discern Athens' alethestate prophasis, or "truest reason" for waging war on Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.

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