ostensibly

低频词

英 [ɒ'stensɪblɪ] 美[ɑs'tɛnsəbli]

释义

adv. 表面上；外表

词态变化

形容词: ostensible;

近义词

outward

助记提示

1. os- "in front of" + tens- + -ible + -ly.
2. 字面含义：stretched to the front. => show, expose to view, exhibit, display.
3. => apparent, professed.
4. 也就是拉伸到前面、表面。

英文词源

ostensibly (adv.): 1765, from ostensible + -ly (2).

双语例句

1. He did it ostensibly for love, but really for money.: 他这样做表面上是为了爱情, 实际上却是为了金钱.

2. A bachelor farmer began to call, ostensibly to talk to her father, but really to see her.: 一位单身农场主开始前来拜访，嘴上说是找她的父亲，实际上是想见她。

3. She ripped off a leather jacket while ostensibly trying on clothes.: 她装模作样试穿衣服时偷了一件皮夹克.

4. Bruno was the youngest son, and ostensibly not connected with the Family business of prostitution.: 布鲁诺是幺儿子, 表面上同他家族经营的妓院联系.

5. This provision, too, is ostensibly aimed at cutting corruption.: 这项条款也很明显旨在减少腐败.

英英释意

1. from appearances alone;: "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor"

实用场景例句

He did it ostensibly for love, but really for money.: 他这样做表面上是为了爱情, 实际上却是为了金钱.

She ripped off a leather jacket while ostensibly trying on clothes.: 她装模作样试穿衣服时偷了一件皮夹克.

At first blush, this probably seems swell , since the alternative - ostensibly - is layoffs.: 乍一看, 表面不裁员而采用其他方式这一举措似乎很不错.

Ostensibly a consular employee, he is actually a spy.: 他表面上是领事馆雇员, 实为情报人员.

Is there another motive for the ostensibly philanthropic venture?: 在这表面上的善事背后,是否有其他的目的呢 ?

But fellow members of Egypt ostensibly secular judiciary have proved harder to convince.: 然而,已经证实:属于世俗[而非宗教的]埃及男性法官们却难以接受.

考试真题

Even if the question is ostensibly (表面上) about something outside the self (describe a fictional character or solve a problem of geopolitics), the essay invariably returns to the favorite topic: what is its impact on YOU?