ostensibly 词态变化
形容词: ostensible;
ostensibly 英文词源
- ostensibly (adv.)
- 1765, from ostensible + -ly (2).
ostensibly 英文释义
- 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"
ostensibly 双语例句
- 1. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. A bachelor farmer began to call, ostensibly to talk to her father, but really to see her.
- 一位单身农场主开始前来拜访，嘴上说是找她的父亲，实际上是想见她。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Bruno was the youngest son, and ostensibly not connected with the Family business of prostitution.
- 布鲁诺是幺儿子, 表面上同他家族经营的妓院联系.
来自教父部分
- 5. This provision, too, is ostensibly aimed at cutting corruption.
- 这项条款也很明显旨在减少腐败.
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ostensibly 实用场景例句
- 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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