ostensibly

英[ɒ\'stensəblɪ]

美[ɒ\'stensəblɪ]

基本释义

adv.: 表面上地

词性变化

形容词:ostensible;

实用例句

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.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

辞典例句

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.

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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.

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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 ?

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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.

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真题例句

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?

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

英英释义

Adverb

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"

同义词

apparently outward