ostensible
a.
1. 表面的,假装的
adj.
1. 外表的, 表面上的
2. 伪装的; 诡称的
3. 可公开的; 显然的
an ostensible letter
可公开的信
ostensible reason
表面的理由[籍口]
Seeming or professed; ostensible.
假装的表面上的或自称的；貌似真实的
The ostensible reason for his absence was illness, but everyone knew he'd gone to a football match.
他称病缺席, 但谁都知道他去看足球赛了.
An ostensible or professed purpose; an excuse.
借口，托词表面的目的；理由
形容词ostensible
1. represented or appearing as such; pretended
同义词：ostensive
2. appearing as such but not necessarily so
同义词