| 单词 | ostensible |
| 释义 | ostensible (ɒstensɪbəl ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] 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. [formal] The ostensible purpose of these meetings was to gather information on financial strategies. Synonyms: apparent, seeming, supposed, alleged ostensibly (ɒstensɪbli ) adverb [usu ADV with cl/group] ...ostensibly independent organisations. A bachelor farmer began to call, ostensibly to talk to her father, but really to see her. Synonyms: apparently, seemingly, supposedly, outwardly Collocations: ostensible purpose If such a charge deterred no one from flying, it would be an abject failure in terms of its ostensible purpose. Times,Sunday Times For, while romance may be the mission's ostensible purpose, it harbours a series of no less pressing public motives. Times, Sunday Times This combines to make the ostensible purpose of the so-called meaningful vote irrelevant. Times, Sunday Times Its ostensible purpose was to develop multilateral rules that would ensure international investment was governed in a more systematic and uniform way between states. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ostensible purpose of this interview: to find out how the candidate handles stress. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Table tennis was the ostensible reason for all this. Times,Sunday Times The ostensible reason was to demonstrate 'the power of social compliance'. Times, Sunday Times I'd better remind him of the ostensible reason for our meeting. Times, Sunday Times Well, that's the ostensible reason. Times, Sunday Times Too often, though, the performers are simply singing into space without any ostensible reason for being there. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 表面上的 Japanese: 表向きの |
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