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ostensible

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英 [?'stens?b(?)l] 美[ɑ'st?ns?bl]

英英釋義實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句

近義詞outward profession patent

adj. 表面的；假裝的

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詞態(tài)變化

副詞:?ostensibly;

助記提示

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

中文詞源

ostensible 表面的，宣稱(chēng)的

os-,向前，朝向，-tens,伸出，延展，詞源同extend,tense,content.引申詞義宣稱(chēng)的，浮夸的，表面的。

英文詞源

ostensible: ostensible: [18] Ostensible means literally ‘that can be shown’. It comes via French from medieval Latin ostensibilis, a derivative of the Latin verb ostendere ‘show’ (itself a compound formed from the prefix ob- ‘in front of’ and tendere ‘stretch’, source of English extend, tend, tense etc). Its original meaning ‘showable’ survived into English (‘You should send me two letters – one confidential, another ostensible’, Jeremy Bentham, 1828), but seems to have died out by the mid-19th century.

Two metaphorical strands came with it, though. One, ‘vainly conspicuous’, goes right back to ostendere, and is still preserved in English ostentation [15], although it has disappeared as far as ostensible is concerned. The other, ‘presented as real but not so’, is today the central meaning of the adjective.
=> extend, ostentation, tend, tense
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" (see tenet). Meaning "apparent, professed" is from 1771.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.: 他假托生病缺勤。

2. The ostensible reason wasn't the real reason.: 表面上的理由并不是真正的理由.

3. The ostensible purpose of these meetings was to gather information on financial strategies.: 這些會(huì)議聲稱(chēng)旨在收集有關(guān)金融策略的信息。

4. Morris Townsend though he was by no means ostensible, was the real occasion of the feast.: 盡管沒(méi)有講明,莫里斯·湯森德顯然是這場(chǎng)宴請(qǐng)的真正目標(biāo).