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单词 ostensible
释义 os·ten·si·ble
\äˈsten(t)səbəl, əˈ- sometimes ȯˈ-\ adjective
Etymology: French, fr, Latin ostensus (past participle of ostendere to show, from os- — from ob to, before, against — + tendere to stretch) + French -ible -able — more at epi-, thin
1.
 a. : capable of being shown : prepared to be exhibited : presentable
  < send me two letters — one confidential, another ostensible — Jeremy Bentham >
 b. : open to view : conspicuous
  < the ostensible validity of his predictions regarding the past war — S.H.Croog >
  < have different ostensible properties — C.H.Whitely >
2. : professing genuineness and sincerity but often concealing the real aspects behind a plausible facade
 < the sketches of Stratford-on-Avon … the ostensible reason for his trip, duly appeared — F.J.Mather >
 < organized a company whose ostensible purpose was to provide an adequate supply of water — Sidney Warren >
Synonyms: see apparent
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