ostensible [ɑ:ˈstensəbl]

例句:

• The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.
  他假托生病缺勤。
  
• The ostensible reason wasn't the real reason.
  表面上的理由并不是真正的理由.
  
• The ostensible purpose of these meetings was to gather information on financial strategies.
  这些会议声称旨在收集有关金融策略的信息。
  
• But it's the ostensible narcissism that has irritated critics the most.
  来自NEWYORKER
• But this ostensible innocence is not naivety, but rather of the butter-wouldn't-melt variety.
  来自BBC
• No matter what the ostensible subject, his mind keeps reverting helplessly to the one subject: babes.
  来自WSJ