ostensible
/ɒˈstensəbl/adjective
attrib.
- stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so诡称的; 貌似真实的：
the real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint.
在表面上抱怨背后的真实争辩。
派生词
ostensibility
noun词源
mid 18th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin ostensibilis from Latin ostens- 'stretched out to view', from the verb ostendere, from ob- 'in view of' + tendere 'to stretch'.