| 单词 | obvious |
| 释义 | obviousobvious /ˈɑbviəs/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL adjective 1very easy to notice or understand: He had made an obvious mistake. The quality of his work is immediately obvious.it is obvious (to somebody) that It’s obvious to everyone that he’s unhappy. It is not easy, for obvious reasons, to study volcanic eruptions. At the risk of stating the obvious, this is going to cost a lot of money (=saying something that is already very clear).► see thesaurus at noticeableTHESAURUSclear – easy to notice or understand, and impossible to doubt or make a mistake about: It was clear to me that he was lying. There are clear signs of an economic recovery.noticeable – very easy to notice, especially because you can see, hear, smell, or feel something: After she took the medicine for two days, there was a noticeable improvement in her health.blatant – used about an action that is obviously wrong, especially when the person who did it does not feel ashamed: The government said that no innocent people had been killed, which was a blatant lie.conspicuous – very easy to notice, especially because of looking very different from everyone or everything else: Everyone was wearing black or gray, and I felt conspicuous in my red coat.unmistakable – extremely obvious so that you cannot possibly confuse one thing with something else: The flower’s scent is unmistakable.self-evident formal – facts, ideas, etc. that are self-evident are obvious and true and do not need extra explanation: The facts in this case are self-evident and cannot be denied.2natural, reasonable, or expected in a particular situation: She is the obvious choice for team captain (=the person who everyone would choose). The obvious question is, does his invention work? The obvious thing to do would be to call the police.3behaving in a way that clearly shows that you want something to happen very much: be obvious about something I want to go, but I don’t want to be too obvious about it. She was making it painfully obvious that she liked him (=behaving in a way that showed clearly that).4not original and lacking imagination: The movie’s story was boring and obvious. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin obvius, from obviam in the way]COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbsseem/appear obvious It seems obvious to me that he is guilty.sound obvious This may sound obvious, but don’t forget to put your name on your test.become obvious It soon became obvious that the boy was not really interested.nounsan obvious reason For obvious reasons, I did not give my real name.an obvious question The obvious question is: why?an obvious problem The problem is obvious, but what are we going to do about it?the obvious answer/solution There is no obvious answer to their problem.the obvious thing (to do) (=what clearly seems the best thing to do) The obvious thing to do was to ask Sophia.the obvious way The obvious way to resolve the dispute was to call a special meeting.a obvious difference We have an obvious difference of opinion.the obvious choice (=what clearly seems the best thing to choose) He was the obvious choice for this job.an obvious example The most obvious example of a reference book is a dictionary.adverbsimmediately obvious The cause of the pain was not immediately obvious.increasingly obvious It became increasingly obvious that there was not going to be enough food.quite/fairly obvious (also pretty obvious spoken) There are some fairly obvious signs of a poor diet.perfectly obvious It should be perfectly obvious I was only trying to help.painfully obvious (=very obvious, and embarrassing or upsetting) It was painfully obvious that she and Edward had nothing in common.glaringly/blindingly obvious (=extremely obvious) The cause of her problems is glaringly obvious.blatantly/patently obvious (=clearly obvious) His interest in her was blatantly obvious. |
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