The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.
他假托生病缺勤。
1.外表的,表面上的
2.假装的;诡称的
3.可公开的;显然的
1.appearing to be true, or stated by someone to be true, but possibly false
1.Her ostensible purpose was to borrow some sugar, but she really wanted to see her neighbor's new furniture.
她表面上的目的是想借一些糖，但她真的想看看她的邻居的新家具。
2.He DID not accept the ostensible explanation, but suspected that there was a nigger in the woodpile.
他不同意那种表面解释，怀疑其中有不可告人之处。
3.The shocking thing is, two years into an ostensible recovery, [UK] workers are actually earning less than at the depth of the recession.
表面复苏两年来，英国的工人实际比经济危机最严重时挣钱更少，这简直骇人听闻。
4.Bill is now the ostensible head of the company, but his father is still the real boss.
比尔现在只是公司表面上的表面上的老板，他的父亲仍然是真正的老板。
5.The ostensible reason was to set a good example, but I knew White was hoping I wouldn't do it.
表面的理由是树立一个好榜样，但我知道怀特其实希望我不敢接受测试。
6.The ostensible goal is to prevent welfare fraud, but the psychological impact is to turn poverty itself into a kind of crime.
表面上这是为了防止福利欺诈，但是这让人们从心理上觉得贫穷本身成了一种罪行。
7.Tsunami will not occur to any ostensible degree because there is a void being created, where the waters will rush.
任何明显程度的海啸都不会发生因为有一个空虚被制造了出来，水会流到那里。
8.Start, is a outset of doing things, so, understand from its ostensible mean, a second start, is start to do another thing.
所谓“开始”，就是做一件事的开端，因此，顾名思义，又一个开始，就是开始做另一件事了。
9.The ostensible reason for his tardiness was illness, as he claimed, but in fact he was plain lazy.
表面上他的迟到是因为他所声称的生病，其实是因为他懒散不堪。
10.The ostensible reason for his trip to Greece was business, but we thought it was a vacation.
他去希腊表面的理由是出差，但我们认为那是度假。