ostensible
英 [ɒ'stensɪb(ə)l]
美[ɑ'stɛnsəbl]
- adj. 表面的；假装的
英英释意
- 1. 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"
- 2. represented or appearing as such; pretended;
- "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"