ostensible

英 [ɒˈstensəbl]

美 [ɑːˈstensəbl]

adj.  表面的; 宣称的; 假托的

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Collins.1 / BNC.22270 / COCA.21306

牛津词典

adj.

• 表面的；宣称的；假托的
  seeming or stated to be real or true, when this is perhaps not the case
  1. The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.
     他假托生病缺勤。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 表面上的；貌似真实的；宣称的
  Ostensibleis 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• represented or appearing as such
  1. His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity
  Synonym:ostensive
• appearing as such but not necessarily so
  1. for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent
  2. the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies
  3. the ostensible truth of their theories
  4. his seeming honesty
  Synonym:apparent(a)seeming(a)

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• The ostensible excuse that it is unable to do so looks less tenable now it has some military successes against the Taliban.
  既然已经取得了一些军事胜利，那么表面上借口无法给予援助如今看来更加不成立。
• China's has had an ostensible degree of economic development in recent years.
  中国近年来的经济发展程度是有目共睹的。
• The ostensible purpose of his excursion.
  他公开声称的出游目的。
• Concept and installation style, in fact, was merely heir ostensible practice towards avantgarde thinking, but their focus was still on the pursuit of Chinese personality.
  观念性和装置形式实际上是他们前卫性的一个表层实践，但真正的核心还在于对于语言躯壳的中国性的追求。
• 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。
• An ostensible tightening policy and talk of price controls addresses this.
  表面上的货币紧缩政策和有关价格管控的讲话用于解决这个问题。
• The South China Sea events demonstrate that, in a fight, China cannot rely on perceptions of its ostensible place in the new age to smooth its way out of potential confrontation.
  南海事件表明，在争端中，中国无法依靠在新世纪取得的表面上的成就，让潜在冲突从自己的道路上消失。
• They consider the ostensible clash of interests between private and public transportation as artificial and destructive to the health of these cities.
  他们认为私人和公众交通间的表面上的利益冲突是人为的，对这些城市的健康发展具有破坏性。