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ostensibly adv.表面上地；外表上地 (1) 政治迫害表面上是开展揭露颠覆的活动，但实际上用于扰乱和削弱持不同看法的人的调查(2) 他这样做表面上是为了爱情，实际上却是为了金钱。 One day you go to an ice cream shop. Then the next day. And the next. You keep going, ostensibly to buy ice cream, but there’s a deeper reason. The cute person who works there, perhaps? To ostensibly do something admits that the surface reason might not be the only reason. The Latin root words translate as “to stretch in view of,” so imagine that you’re stretching a thin mask over your true intentions.

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英 [ɒ'stensəbli] 美 [ɒ'stensəbli] (1) An investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover subversive activities but actually used to harass and undermine those with differing views.(2) He did it ostensibly for love, but really for money. Ostensibly is an adverb you use to talk about something that looks one way, but underneath there's the hint of a different motivation for that action.

英语单词	ostensibly
英美音标	英 [ɒ'stensəbli] 美 [ɒ'stensəbli]
中文释义	adv.表面上地；外表上地
英语例句	(1) An investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover subversive activities but actually used to harass and undermine those with differing views. (2) He did it ostensibly for love, but really for money.
中文例句	(1) 政治迫害表面上是开展揭露颠覆的活动，但实际上用于扰乱和削弱持不同看法的人的调查 (2) 他这样做表面上是为了爱情，实际上却是为了金钱。
vocabulary简明	Ostensibly is an adverb you use to talk about something that looks one way, but underneath there's the hint of a different motivation for that action.
vocabulary扩展	One day you go to an ice cream shop. Then the next day. And the next. You keep going, ostensibly to buy ice cream, but there’s a deeper reason. The cute person who works there, perhaps? To ostensibly do something admits that the surface reason might not be the only reason. The Latin root words translate as “to stretch in view of,” so imagine that you’re stretching a thin mask over your true intentions.

Ostensibly Ice Reason 英 ɒ'Stensəbli] 美 ɒ'Stensəbli Adv.表面上地；外表上地 Investigation