ostensible 音標拼音: [ɑst'ɛnsəbəl]
a . 表面的,假裝的
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ostensible adj 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 )}, {
ostensible }, {
seeming (
a )}]
2 :
represented or appearing as such ;
pretended ; "
His ostensible purpose was charity ,
his real goal popularity " [
synonym :
{
ostensible }, {
ostensive }]
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a . [
From L .
ostensus ,
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p .
of ostendere to show ,
prop .,
to stretch out before ;
fr .
prefix obs - (
old form of ob -)
tendere to stretch .
See {
Tend }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
Capable of being shown ;
proper or intended to be shown .
[
R .] --
Walpole .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Outwardly appearing to be ;
shown to be ;
exhibited ;
apparent ;
evident .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
3 .
Declared ;
avowed ;
professed ;
pretended ; --
often used as opposed to {
real }
or {
actual };
as ,
an ostensible reason ,
motive ,
or aim . --
D .
Ramsay .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ostensible ":
Barmecidal ,
Barmecide ,
airy ,
alleged ,
apparent ,
apparitional ,
appearing ,
arrant ,
autistic ,
avowed ,
blatant ,
bold ,
chimeric ,
claimed ,
colorable ,
colored ,
conspicuous ,
deceptive ,
delusional ,
delusionary ,
delusive ,
delusory ,
dereistic ,
dreamlike ,
dreamy ,
erroneous ,
fallacious ,
false ,
fantastic ,
flagrant ,
gilded ,
glaring ,
hanging out ,
hypocritical ,
illusional ,
illusionary ,
illusive ,
illusory ,
imaginary ,
in name only ,
in relief ,
in the foreground ,
meretricious ,
misleading ,
notable ,
noticeable ,
notorious ,
obtrusive ,
outstanding ,
outward ,
phantasmagoric ,
phantasmal ,
phantom ,
plausible ,
pretended ,
pretexted ,
professed ,
prominent ,
pronounced ,
purported ,
salient ,
seeming ,
self -
deceptive ,
self -
deluding ,
so -
called ,
specious ,
spectral ,
staring ,
stark -
staring ,
sticking out ,
striking ,
superficial ,
supposed ,
supposititious ,
surface ,
tinsel ,
to the eye ,
unactual ,
unfounded ,
unreal ,
unsubstantial ,
visible ,
visionary
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