1·The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.
他假托生病缺勤。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The ostensible reason wasn't the real reason.
表面上的理由并不是真正的理由。
3·Recently there was a rare oil leak in the North Sea, for no ostensible reason.
最近北海发生了罕见的漏油事件，而没有明显的原因。
4·The ostensible reason for his trip to GREece was business, but we thought it was a vacation.
他去希腊表面的理由是出差，但我们认为那是度假。
5·The ostensible reason was to set a good example, but I knew White was hoping I wouldn't do it.
表面的理由是树立一个好榜样，但我知道怀特其实希望我不敢接受测试。
6·The ostensible reason for his absence was illness, but everyone knew he'd gone to a football match.
他称病缺席， 但谁都知道他去看足球赛了。
7·The ostensible reason for the IMF inaction was to "ensure the smooth functioning of SDR-related operations," and to respond to SDR users feedback on the timing of any changes.
表面上看，IMF未采取任何行动是为了“确保特别提款权相关业务的顺利进行”，并在何时调整的问题上考虑到了特别提款权使用国的反馈。
8·This year the artist and her family will move back downtown. The ostensible reason is to enroll Jiazhen in a top school, but Zhang also wants to give her daughter a deeper sense of identity.
今年，张的家庭准备搬回市中心去，表面的原因是想让女儿嘉真进一所好学校，但内心里，张更希望女儿能对自己的身份获得更强烈的感受。
9·The ostensible reason for the rush is that the Italians want to meet the new capital requirements of Basel 3 immediately, instead of waiting until 2019 when all the rules will finally be in force.
表面上看，此轮热潮的原因在于意大利人希望马上，而不是等到2019年全部法规正式生效之时，满足巴塞尔资本协议三新设定的资本量要求。