ostensible的中文翻译是什么意思

ostensible

US/ɑˈstensəbl/
UK/ɒˈstensəbl/

adj. 表面上的; 假装的; 貌似真实的

ostensible柯林斯释义

ADJ表面上的;貌似真实的;宣称的

Ostensible is used to describe something that seems to be true or is officially stated to be true, but about which you or other people have doubts.

  • The ostensible purpose of these meetings was to gather information on financial strategies.

    这些会议声称旨在收集有关金融策略的信息。

ostensible英文释义

Adjective

1. appearing as such but not necessarily so;

  • for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent
  • the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies
  • the ostensible truth of their theories
  • his seeming honesty

2. represented or appearing as such; pretended;

  • His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity

ostensible场景例句

He did not accept the ostensible explanation, but suspected that there was a nigger in the woodpile.

他不同意那种表面解释, 怀疑其中有不可告人之处.

He resigned secretaryship on the ostensible ground of health.

他借口身体不好,辞去书记的职务.

His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity.

他表面的目的是做善事, 实际目标是获得声望.

Morris Townsend though he was by no means ostensible, was the real occasion of the feast.

尽管没有讲明,莫里斯·汤森德显然是这场宴请的真正目标.

Ornate as they are , these ostensible and material are after all nothingness for life.

对于生命而言,表象的、物质的东西再绚丽,终究是空无的.

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ostensible词性变形

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ostensible近义词

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