Wordiyoostensible
🇬🇧 UK/ɒs'tensibl/🇺🇸 US
IELTSGREC2
Definitions
adj.
Appearing to be true or real, but possibly not so; professed or supposed rather than actual.
表面上的，貌似的，假称的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedosprefix
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tensroot
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iblecapable of
=ostensible
Common Collocations
- 1.ostensible reason表面上的原因
- 2.ostensible purpose貌似的目的
Example Sentences
- 1.
The ostensible reason for the meeting was to discuss budget, but something else occurred.
- 2.
Her ostensible friendship concealed her true feelings of jealousy and resentment.