今日の単語は ostensible
O 0件のコメントostensible
１．今日の単語 ostensible 個人的には os があると骨を想像してしまいますが、どんな意味でしょう。例文を探してみます。
Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme devastated the Jewish world, dies in prison at 82 – He collected accolades as his ostensible success grew. Madoff was named the treasurer of Yeshiva University, the flagship Modern Orthodox institution, and gained a reputation as a reserved but effective steward of Jewish organizational finances. (from Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Envious Countries Pushing IP Shakedown at WTO – Gottlieb offers PEPFAR as an alternative model for the Biden administration. It would achieve the ostensible goal without inflicting damage to private IP ownership rights. (from Inside Sources)
２．ostensible success と ostensible goal 組み合わせにヒントがありますね。では英英辞典をみてみましょう。
appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else
outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended
apparent, evident, or conspicuous
３．上記、３つめの意味が少し違和感があるのですが、日本語で確認してみましょう。
表向きの、見せかけの、表面上は
４．類義語をみてみましょう。
avowed (公然と認めた）
plausible （もっともらしい、口先の） （もっともらしい、口先のうまい）
professed (公言した、見かけだけの）
purported (うわさの）
５．良い意味はなさそうですね。上記と合わせてネガティブな表現なので使用するときには注意が必要です。
Mr. William was ostensibly visiting the country on holiday; no one was aware of his espionage activities there.
表面上はバカンス滞在でスパイ活動をしていた、ということですね。
WHY BRINGING BACK THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE WON’T CURE WHAT AILS MODERN MEDIA – It’s useful to understand the new interest in the Fairness Doctrine as a form of nostalgia for an era in U.S. media regulation in which the “public interest” ostensibly guided policy decisions. But this longing overlooks the actual role of the “public interest” in U.S. broadcast regulation over the first 75 years of its history. The “public interest” was always buffeted by business, political, and technological forces. The Fairness Doctrine itself was unevenly enforced, its applicability was unclear, and its effectiveness was uncertain. Its promise was always far greater than its performance. (from Zocalo)
Fairness Doctrine は公平の原則。世の中は表面的なことであふれている。
今日の単語は
ostensible 表面的な、見せかけの
でした