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ADJ
表面上的；貌似真实的；宣称的 Ostensible is used to describe something that seems to be true or is officially stated to be true, but about which you or other people have doubts.
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The ostensible purpose of these meetings was to gather information on financial strategies.
这些会议声称旨在收集有关金融策略的信息。
ostensibly
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...ostensibly independent organisations...
名义上独立的组织
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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。
- Adjective
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1. appearing as such but not necessarily so;
- "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"
- "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"
- "the ostensible truth of their theories"
- "his seeming honesty"
- synonym： apparent(a)，seeming(a)
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2. represented or appearing as such; pretended;
- "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
- synonym： ostensive
- 1. The ostensible reason wasn't the real reason.
- 表面上的理由并不是真正的理由。
来自《简明英汉词典》
