ostensible

adj.

表面上的；假装的；貌似真实的；

1. The ostensible reason wasn't the real reason.
   表面上的理由并不是真正的理由。
2. His ostensible purpose was charity,his real goal popularity.
   他表面的目的是做善事，实际目标是获得声望。
3. He resigned his secretaryship on the ostensible ground of health.
   他借口身体不好，辞去书记的职务。

Ostensible Invitations
The ostensible paradox of multidrug recognition.
Semiquantal dynamics of fluctuations: Ostensible quantum chaos
Ostensible versus actual reasons for seeking pediatric attention: another look at the parental ticket of admission.
Inducement of Breach of Contract as a Problem of Ostensible Ownership
A Socio-Pragmatic Comparative Study of Ostensible Invitations in English and Farsi.
Tacaribe virus causes fatal infection of an ostensible reservoir host, the Jamaican fruit bat.
Communication Attitudes: A Formal Approach to Ostensible Intentions, and Individual and Group Opinions
Use of a maximum common subgraph algorithm in the automatic identification of ostensible bond changes occurring in chemical reactions
Do negative implicit associations indicate negative attitudes? Social explanations moderate whether ostensible “negative” associat...