ostensible
ostensible 英 [ɒˈstensəbl] 美 [ɑˈstensəbl]
adj. 表面的；假装的
- When something is ostensible it appears to be the case but might not be. Research for a role is the ostensible reason for Nat's drinking. But I think it's because he just likes to drink.
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- adj. 表面的；假装的
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1. The ostensible reason was to set a good example, but I knew White was hoping I wouldn’t do it.
表面的理由是树立一个好榜样，但我知道怀特其实希望我不敢接受测试。
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2. The ostensible goal is to prevent welfare fraud, but the psychological impact is to turn poverty itself into a kind of crime.
表面上这是为了防止福利欺诈，但是这让人们从心理上觉得贫穷本身成了一种罪行。
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3. This year the artist and her family will move back downtown. The ostensible reason is to enroll Jiazhen in a top school, but Zhang also wants to give her daughter a deeper sense of identity.
今年，张的家庭准备搬回市中心去，表面的原因是想让女儿嘉真进一所好学校，但内心里，张更希望女儿能对自己的身份获得更强烈的感受。
- 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," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch." Meaning "apparent, professed" is from 1771.
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