Ostensible
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- adj. 表面上的
- ［英］ adj. 表面上的 ( apparent; seeming; professed)
- ［记］ ostens ( 显现) +ible -> 显现出来的 -> 表面上的
- ［例］ His ostensible frankness covered a devious scheme.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: French, from Latin ostensus, past participle of ostendere to show, from obs-, ob- in the way + tendere to stretch — more at ob-, thin
- Date: circa 1771
- 1. intended for display ; open to view
- 2. being such in appearance ; plausible rather than demonstrably true or real <the ostensible purpose for the trip>
- Synonyms: see apparent
