ostensible
US: /ɑˈstɛnsəbəɫ/
UK: /ɒstˈɛnsəbəl/
UK: /ɒstˈɛnsəbəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ostensible /ɔs'tensəbl/
- tính từ
- bề ngoài là, làm ra vẻ là, nói ra vẻ là (để che giấu sự thật)
- his ostensible errand was to...: mục đích cuộc đi của hắn bề ngoài ra vẻ là...
- bề ngoài là, làm ra vẻ là, nói ra vẻ là (để che giấu sự thật)
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
[only before noun] seeming or stated to be real or true, when this is perhaps not the case: The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.
ostensibly adverb: Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.
Concise English dictionary
ɑ'stensəbl /ɒ's-
adj.
+appearing as such but not necessarily so
+represented or appearing as such; pretended
