obvious

释义

ob-（挡道）+ via（路）+ -ous（形容词后缀）= “躺在你路上的”。横在你面前路中央的东西无法被忽略。这个“不可错过的障碍”意象演变成“一目了然、不言自明”——obvious 的事物无需寻找、无需解释。

常用搭配

• 1.obvious choice显而易见的选择
• 2.obvious reason明显的原因
• 3.obvious answer明确的答案
• 4.stating the obvious说大白话（说显而易见的事）

例句

• 1.

  It was obvious from her face that something was wrong.

  从她的表情就能明显看出出了问题。

• 2.

  The obvious answer isn't always the right one.

  显而易见的答案未必总是正确的。

• 3.

  For obvious reasons, we can't release the names yet.

  出于显而易见的原因，我们还不能公布名单。

• 4.

  He made an obvious effort to be polite.

  他明显努力地表现得礼貌。

易混词辨析

obvious 和 apparent：obvious 指确实一目了然、毋庸置疑。apparent 可表“看似如此”（an apparent contradiction 可能并非真矛盾）。It's obvious = 确实如此；it's apparent 往往含“看上去如此”的保留。涉及确定性时不要混用。