ostensible
adjective[before noun]
formaluk/ɒsˈten.sə.bəl/us/ɑːˈsten.sə.bəl/appearingorclaimingto be one thing when it is really somethingelse:
表面上的;假称的,假托的Their ostensiblegoalwas tocleanupgovernmentcorruption, buttheirrealaimwas tounseatthegovernment.他们假托要清除政府腐败,可真正目的却是要颠覆政府。
Synonym
seemingformal
Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- appear
- as if/thoughidiom
- by the look(s) of thingsidiom
- come across
- come off
- outwardly
- parallax
- pass
- pass for sb/sth
- persona
- prima facie
- semblance
- so-called
- sound
- superficial
- superficiality
- superficially
- supposed
- surface