ostensibly

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

Translation

adv. 表面上明顯地

Example Sentences

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

他這樣做表面上是爲了愛情,實際上卻是爲了金錢。

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

裁員表面上是讓公司更有效率,更健康。

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

她在假裝試衣服的時候偷了一件皮夾克

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

弄虛作假現象嚴重,興奮劑、假年齡、假引進問題突出;

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