ostensible是什么意思_ostensible怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

represented or appearing as such; pretended;"His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"

中英词源

ostensible 表面的，宣称的

os-,向前，朝向，-tens,伸出，延展，词源同extend,tense,content.引申词义宣称的，浮夸的，表面的。

ostensible: ostensible: [18] Ostensible means literally ‘that can be shown’. It comes via French from medieval Latin ostensibilis, a derivative of the Latin verb ostendere ‘show’ (itself a compound formed from the prefix ob- ‘in front of’ and tendere ‘stretch’, source of English extend, tend, tense etc). Its original meaning ‘showable’ survived into English (‘You should send me two letters – one confidential, another ostensible’, Jeremy Bentham, 1828), but seems to have died out by the mid-19th century.

Two metaphorical strands came with it, though. One, ‘vainly conspicuous’, goes right back to ostendere, and is still preserved in English ostentation [15], although it has disappeared as far as ostensible is concerned. The other, ‘presented as real but not so’, is today the central meaning of the adjective.
=> extend, ostentation, tend, tense
ostensible (adj.): 1762, "capable of being shown, presentable," from French ostensible, from Latin ostens-, past participle stem of ostendere "to show, expose to view; to stretch out, spread before; exhibit, display," from ob "in front of" (see ob-) + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Meaning "apparent, professed" is from 1771.

词态变化

副词 ostensibly;

权威造句

1. The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.: 他假托生病缺勤。

2. The ostensible reason wasn"t the real reason.: 表面上的理由并不是真正的理由.

3. The ostensible purpose of these meetings was to gather information on financial strategies.: 这些会议声称旨在收集有关金融策略的信息。

4. Morris Townsend though he was by no means ostensible, was the real occasion of the feast.: 尽管没有讲明,莫里斯·汤森德显然是这场宴请的真正目标.

5. He resigned secretaryship on the ostensible ground of health.: 他借口身体不好,辞去书记的职务.

近反义词

colorable 可着色的

outward 向外的

patent 专利

profession 职业

ostensive 表面的

apparent 明显的

seeming 表面上的

professed 自称的

supposed 想象的

perceived 动词perceive的过...

alleged 声称的

superficial 表面的

相似短语

ostensible partner 名义合伙人，名义上的股东

ostensible authority 名义代理权

ostensible agency 名义代理

ostensible agent 名义代理人

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. os- "in front of" + tens- + -ible.
2. 字面含义：stretched to the front. => show, expose to view, exhibit, display.
3. => apparent, professed.
4. 也就是拉伸到前面、表面。

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