单词 | obvious |
释义 | obvious (once / 107 pages) adj Something obvious is plain to see and easily understandable. It was obvious that you didn't enjoy your meal because I found it rolled in a napkin and shoved under the rug. There's nothing vague about the adjective obvious — it's right there in front of your eyes! It describes something that's easy to figure out or the most straightforward option. If someone states the obvious, you're likely to respond with a sarcastic "No duh!" or "Thanks Sherlock." If obvious isn't the obvious word of choice, you can try a synonym such as "evident" or "apparent." WORD FAMILYobvious: obviously, obviousness, unobvious+/obviousness: obviousnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe truth remains that Cousins was a highly productive passer this season for a team with obvious flaws in other areas, particularly on defense. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) There’s no obvious, runaway favorite, so this means we all yell at each other about it for several weeks. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) When officers got to the scene, they say they found a man with obvious gunshot trauma. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) adj easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind obvious errors Syn|Ant apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment axiomatic, self-evident, taken for grantedevident without proof or argument demonstrable, provablecapable of being demonstrated or proved frankclearly manifest; evident open-and-shutso obvious as to be easily solved or decided self-explanatoryneeding no explanation transparenteasily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety) writ largemade more obvious or prominent open, overtopen and observable; not secret or hidden unobvious not immediately apparent unapparentnot readily apparent unprovablenot provable |
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