ostensibly 

英汉解释

adv. 表面上；外表

同义词

r. apparently，on the face of it，seemingly

参考例句

1. All felt that though they had not been summoned for the purpose, it was really, if not ostensibly, a military council.
大家觉得，虽然没有被赋予讨论的使命，也没有这样的名目，但这就是一次军事会议。
2. Marriage is ostensibly a system by which a safe, financially secure and stable environment is created in which to raise children.
婚姻在表面上看起来是一种创造了养育孩子安全、有经济保障又安全的环境的体系。
3. Those products, driven by consumer demand, ostensibly combine a good blend of low cost and high value, so why not apply the same process to cars?
这些产品的推动下，消费者的需求，表面结合的一个很好的结合低成本，高价值，为什么不能采用同样的进程，以汽车?

英英解释

adv.
  1. from appearances alone

网络释义

ostensibly
表面上; 外表; 表面上的; 表面上，明显的;
apparently on the surface ostensibly professedly
表面上;
abuse a person by ostensibly pointing to someone else
表面指向一个人实际辱骂别人）;