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单词 ostensibly
释义
ostensibly
adverb
uk
/ɒsˈten.sə.bli/us
/ɑːˈsten.sə.bli/
in a way thatappearsorclaimsto be one thing when it is really somethingelse:
He hasspentthe past threemonthsin Florida, ostensibly formedicaltreatment, but inactualfacttoavoidprosecution.
Thee-mailrequestedaccountinformation, ostensibly tohelpclearup a "billingerror".
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ostensible
More examples
  • Heshutdown theoffice, ostensibly out ofconcernfor his staff'ssafety.
  • Ostensibly, she hadachievedall herprimaryobjectives.
  • Kerry had been ostensiblyphoningtoofferadvice, but he blurted out what was really on hismind.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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
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(Definition ofostensiblyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofostensibly

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The editors are to be congratulated for having succeeded in bringing together what areostensiblyten very different studies into a well-integrated, coherent whole.
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Regrettably, some anthropologists have begun to silence their own voices,ostensiblyto create spaces for indigenous voices, but ultimately to everyone's detriment.
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In this example, someone is behaving somewhat like theostensiblyblundering chess player.
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This is not merely a matter of whether we take anostensiblypolitical stance toward language use; it relates to a range of analytic preferences.
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The conservation significance of small-scale eco-forestry, therefore, is that groupsostensiblyset aside 1,000 hectares of tropical lowland rainforest for the next 50 years.
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Without such letters, soldiers lose their place in the social matrix that they areostensiblyfighting to maintain.
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These twin objectives, whilstostensiblyaimed at the same thing - the achievement of order in economic life - were in fact in opposition to one another.
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The selling of the goods provided income andostensiblycoincided with moral behaviour.
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Ostensibly, budget caps allow for incremental program expansion but, unless expressly overridden, prohibit expenditures greater than anticipated.
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The textual unfixity of his bodily injury insinuates its lingeringly irregular character, even though his body hasostensiblyhealed.
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This formidable two-volume set concerned with the scientific foundations of die heart and vessels is,ostensibly, a second edition.
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This formidable two-volume set concerned with the scientific foundations of the heart and vessels is,ostensibly, a second edition.
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The world\\local price differential wasostensiblydesignated for market, product and producer development.
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It was a somewhat quirky period-piece, being bothostensiblyradical and a confidently psychologistic study.
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Furthermore, a policy departure,ostensiblyconcerned with dealing with a local crisis involving children in two residential nurseries was going to have far wider implications.
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