adj.(形容词)

1. 假装的
2. 可公开的
3. 外表的
4. 假托的
5. 显然的
6. 宣称的
7. 表面上的
8. 诡称的
9. 显而易见的

adv.(副词)

1. 表面上地

Adjective:

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"
   

1.表面上的；貌似真实的；宣称的
ostensible is used to describe something that seems to be true or is officially stated to be true, but about which you or other people have doubts.

e.g. Theostensible 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。

ostensibly
...ostensibly independent organisations...
名义上独立的组织
A bachelor farmer began to call, ostensibly to talk to her father, but really to see her.
一位单身农场主开始前来拜访，嘴上说是找她的父亲，实际上是想见她。

1. 表面的;假装的：recantation 改变论调 |ostensible 表面的;假装的 | ostentation 夸耀,卖弄,炫耀

2. 可公开的：ost 东 |ostensible 可公开的 | Osterreichische Norm 奥地利标准

3. 表面的：osteitis 骨炎 |ostensible 表面的 | ostensibly 表面上

4. 表面上的,伪装的：intensify 加强,强化 |ostensible表面上的,伪装的 | ostentatious 做作的,虚荣的,炫耀的

The ostensible reason wasn't the real reason.

表面上的理由并不是真正的理由。

His ostensible purpose was charity,his real goal popularity.

他表面的目的是做善事，实际目标是获得声望。

He resigned his secretaryship on the ostensible ground of health.

他借口身体不好，辞去书记的职务。

The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.

他假托生病缺勤。

Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.

谎称为保护平民而派驻了军队。

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。

He resigned secretaryship on the ostensible ground of health.

他借口身体不好,辞去书记的职务.

His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity.

他表面的目的是做善事, 实际目标是获得声望.

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.

Ornate as they are , these ostensible and material are after all nothingness for life.

对于生命而言,表象的、物质的东西再绚丽,终究是空无的.

His ostensible function was an interpreter.

他名义上的资格是译员.

The ostensible glory of that company allures the unwary investor.

那家公司表面上的兴隆吸引了那个心存侥幸的投资者.

Dickinson's poetry, despite its ostensible formal simplicity , is remarkable for its variety, subtlety and richness.

狄金森的诗虽然表面浅显, 但内容多样化, 微妙而又深刻.

The ostensible reason wasn't the real reason.

表面上的理由并不是真正的理由.

ostensible agency is a special kind of agent system.

表见代理是一种特殊的代理制度.

The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.

他假托生病缺勤。

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。