ostentatious 的用法及固定搭配

ostentatious

ostensible和ostentatious意思不同,看了下面一段文字便明白:

  • His ostensible motive was patriotism. Actually, he was a spy. Therefore his gestures of devotion to the country were ostentatious.(他外表的动机是爱国。实际上,他是个间谍。所以他那些忠于国家的姿态都是夸示性的[就是做给人家看的]。)