Even if the question is ostensibly (表面上) about something outside the self (describe a fictional character or solve a problem of geopolitics), the essay invariably returns to the favorite topic: what is its impact on YOU?
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ
表面上的；貌似真实的；宣称的
Ostensible is used to describe something that seems to be true or is officially stated to be true, but about which you or other people have doubts.
He did it ostensibly for love, but really for money.他这样做表面上是为了爱情，实际上却是为了金钱。
明显地
英英词典释义
Adverb
1. from appearances alone;
"irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land""the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned""had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy"on the face of it the problem seems minor"