putative
adjective[before noun]
formaluk/ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv/us/ˈpjuː.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/generallythoughtto be or toexist,evenif this may not really betrue:
假定存在的,被认为存在的The putativeleaderof theterroristcellwasarrestedyesterday.被认定为该恐怖组织头目的人昨天被警方逮捕了。
Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- appear
- as if/thoughidiom
- by the look(s) of thingsidiom
- come across
- come off
- outward
- outwardly
- parallax
- pass
- pass for sb/sth
- persona
- semblance
- so-called
- sound
- superficial
- superficiality
- superficially
- supposed
- surface