ostensibly

[US]/ɔs'tensəbli/
[UK]/ɑsˈt ɛnsəblɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. 明らかに; 一見

Example Sentences

He did it ostensibly for love, but really for money.

表向きは愛のためにやったが、実際はお金のためだった。

staff were pruned, ostensibly to produce a leaner and fitter organization.

スタッフは削減され、表向きはよりスリムで健全な組織を作るためだった。

She ripped off a leather jacket while ostensibly trying on clothes.

彼女は服を試着しているふりをしながらレザージャケットを盗んだ。

The problems of falsification, excitant drugs, personation of ages, and ostensibly importing are overflowed.

偽造、興奮剤、年齢の詐称、表向きの輸入の問題が溢れ出ている。

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