ostensibly
ostensibly 英 [ɒ'stensɪblɪ] 美 [ɑs'tɛnsəbli]
adv. 表面上；外表
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1. We are fighting a war ostensibly for the good of Afghanistan but without the consent of its people.
我们正在打的一场战争表面上对阿富汗有利，但并没有得到其人民的同意。
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2. ostensibly she was working for the Japanese. But she and her mentor, Charles Cousens, a major in the Australian army, had found ways of undermining them.
表面上，她在为日本人工作，而实际上，她和她的朋友，澳陆军少校查尔斯•库森斯找到了很多方式来破坏宣传工作。
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3. Even for those states ostensibly committed to punishing atrocity crimes, the response has often been anemic.
即使是那些表面上承诺惩罚残暴罪行的国家，其反应也往往苍白无力。
- ostensibly (adv.) 1765, from ostensible + -ly (2).
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