There was little overt support for the project.
对这个项目公开表示支持的很少。
1.(证据等)明显的,公开的,公然的
2.(钱包等)开着的;(翅膀等)展开的
1.not hidden or secret; used about feelings and opinions that are expressed in a very open way
1.The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about.
党对表面行为不感兴趣，我们关心的是思想。
2.One of the most surprising things about this revolution is how little overt celebration it has engendered.
最让人惊奇的事之一是这一革命引来的公开颂扬如此之少。
3.PATIENTS in a vegetative state are, by definition, unable to respond to stimulation with any form of overt behaviour.
由科学概念看，植物人无法对外界刺激作出任何显而易见的身体反应。
4.They do not always work as intended, but they make overt and gross discrimination less likely.
她们总是不能找到预想的工作，她们却让这种公然且粗俗的歧视变淡了一些。
5.One or both partners trying to have control through anger blame, and criticism - which are overt forms of control.
一方或配偶双方试图通过这些明显公开的控制方式如生气责备，或者批评来控制对方。
6.In some situations, disqualifying bias can be shown by circumstantial evidence rather than by an overt statement by the official.
在有些情况下，取消资格的偏见可通过环境证据而非根据官员的公开陈述得到证明。
7.In a country that mixes overt communism with covert capitalism, China's super-rich walk a fine line.
在一个和谐的国家里，中国的巨富走了一条很好的路线。
8.The White House is shying away from an overt lobbying effort to thwart the Iraq resolutions, as it might do more harm than good.
白宫对阻止伊拉克增兵计划的决议不敢公开游说，因为这只会使事情变得更糟而不是更好。
9.With overt price-fixing cartels clearly illegal, the railroads turned to mergers as the way to eliminate competition between them.
由于公开联合固定价格的卡特尔明确属于非法，铁路业者转而以合并作为避免相互间竞争的手段。
10.But the near-insurmountable obstacle is, as always, political: there is huge resistance to what would become a more overt "transfer union" .
但是和以往一样，政治因素是几乎不可跨越的障碍：一个更加公然的“过渡期联盟”遭到了强烈的反对。