ostensibly
adv. 表面上；外表
例句
Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.
谎称为保护平民而派驻了军队。
《牛津词典》
The simile is there ostensibly to compare Satan with the great sea beast, leviathan.
这个明喻很明显是将撒旦和凶猛的海中野兽利维坦进行了对比。
The rusting hulk was sold by Ukraine in 1998 to a Hong Kong—Macau trading company—ostensibly to be transformed into a floating casino.
在1998年，锈迹斑斑的船体被乌克兰卖给了一家港澳贸易公司——从表面上看，它被改造成一艘海上赌场。
