| 释义 |
os·ten·sibleBrE /ɒˈstensəbl/NAmE /ɑːˈstensəbl/ adjective [only before noun] (formal) seeming or stated to be real or true, when this is perhaps not the case 表面的；宣称的；假托的 SYN apparent ◆The ostensible reason for his absence was illness. 他假托生病缺勤。▸ os·ten·sibly BrE /ɒˈstensəbli/NAmE /ɑːˈstensəbli/ adverb◆Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population. 谎称为保护平民而派驻了军队。 |