ostensible

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɒˈstɛns.ɪ.bəl/    美 /ɑˈstɛns.ɪ.bəl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
    — Motives, of course, may be mixed; but this only means that a man aims at a variety of goals by means of the same course of action. Similarly a man may have a strong motive or a weak one, an ulterior motive or an ostensible one.
  2. Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).
    — The ostensible reason for his visit to New York was to see his mother, but the real reason was to get to the Yankees game the next day.

词形变化

more ostensible comparative most ostensible superlative

词汇关系

反义词
ulterior
衍生词
inostensible ostensibility ostensibly unostensible
相关词
ostensive ostentatious ostentation

词源

Borrowed from French ostensible, formed with the suffix -ible, from Latin ostensus, the past participle of ostendō (“show”), itself from obs- (“in front of”) (akin to ob- (“in the way”)) + tendō (“stretch”) (akin to Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō)). Cf. also Medieval Latin ostensibilis.
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