ostensible

ostensible /ɔs'tensəbl/
  • tính từ
    • bề ngoài là, làm ra vẻ là, nói ra vẻ là (để che giấu sự thật)
      • his ostensible errand was to...: mục đích cuộc đi của hắn bề ngoài ra vẻ là...

Xem thêm: apparent(a), seeming(a), ostensive



ostensible

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • appearing as such but not necessarily so; apparent(a), seeming(a)

    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

  • represented or appearing as such; pretended; ostensive

    His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: apparent(a) ostensive seeming(a)