ostensible

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a. 表面的, 假装的, 看得出的 [经] 表面的, 诡称的

发音

UK /ɒˈstɛns.ɪ.bəl/
US /ɑˈstɛns.ɪ.bəl/
US

词形变化

more ostensible 比较级 most ostensible 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

表面的；假装的

释义与例句

adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Apparent, evident; meant for open display.

    Motives, of course, may be mixed; but this only means that a man aims at a variety of goals by means of the same course of action. Similarly a man may have a strong motive or a weak one, an ulterior motive or an ostensible one.

  2. 2.

    Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).

    The ostensible reason for his visit to New York was to see his mother, but the real reason was to get to the Yankees game the next day.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

apparent seeming ostensive

近义相关 3

counterfeit superficial imitative

词源

Borrowed from French ostensible, formed with the suffix -ible, from Latin ostensus, the past participle of ostendō (“show”), itself from obs- (“in front of”) (akin to ob- (“in the way”)) + tendō (“stretch”) (akin to Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō)). Cf. also Medieval Latin ostensibilis.

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