ostensible

ostensible怎么读

英式音标：[ɒˈstensəbl]

美式音标：[ɑˈstensəbl]

ostensible基本解释

adj. 表面的；假装的

ostensible的意思释义

adj.

表面上的；假装的；貌似真实的；

英英释义

adj.

appearing as such but not necessarily so

\"the ostensible truth of their theories\"

同义词：apparent(a)seeming(a)

represented or appearing as such; pretended

\"His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity\"

同义词：ostensive

ostensible用法及例句

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The ostensible reason wasn\'t the real reason.

表面上的理由并不是真正的理由。

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。

He resigned his secretaryship on the ostensible ground of health.

他借口身体不好，辞去书记的职务。

例句参考

The ostensible paradox of multidrug recognition.

Semiquantal dynamics of fluctuations: Ostensible quantum chaos

Ostensible versus actual reasons for seeking pediatric attention: another look at the parental ticket of admission.

Inducement of Breach of Contract as a Problem of Ostensible Ownership

A Socio-Pragmatic Comparative Study of Ostensible Invitations in English and Farsi.

Tacaribe virus causes fatal infection of an ostensible reservoir host, the Jamaican fruit bat.

Communication Attitudes: A Formal Approach to Ostensible Intentions, and Individual and Group Opinions

Use of a maximum common subgraph algorithm in the automatic identification of ostensible bond changes occurring in chemical reactions

Do negative implicit associations indicate negative attitudes? Social explanations moderate whether ostensible “negative” associat...

ostensible词源

ostensible

ostensible: [18] Ostensible means literally ‘that can be shown’. It comes via French from medieval Latin ostensibilis, a derivative of the Latin verb ostendere ‘show’ (itself a compound formed from the prefix ob- ‘in front of’ and tendere ‘stretch’, source of English extend, tend, tense etc). Its original meaning ‘showable’ survived into English (‘You should send me two letters – one confidential, another ostensible’, Jeremy Bentham, 1828), but seems to have died out by the mid-19th century.Two metaphorical strands came with it, though. One, ‘vainly conspicuous’, goes right back to ostendere, and is still preserved in English ostentation [15], although it has disappeared as far as ostensible is concerned. The other, ‘presented as real but not so’, is today the central meaning of the adjective.=> extend, ostentation, tend, tense

ostensible (adj.)

1762, \"capable of being shown, presentable,\" from French ostensible, from Latin ostens-, past participle stem of ostendere \"to show, expose to view; to stretch out, spread before; exhibit, display,\" from ob \"in front of\" (see ob-) + tendere \"to stretch\" (see tenet). Meaning \"apparent, professed\" is from 1771.

ostensible相关例句

1.an ostensible letter

可公开的信

3.ostensible reason

表面的理由[籍口]

7.ostensible agent

名义代理人

8.Seeming or professed; ostensible.

假装的表面上的或自称的；貌似真实的

10.His ostensible object was to...

他的表面目的是…。