英语词汇“ostensible”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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