conspicuous

英 [kən'spɪkjʊəs]美 [kən'spɪkjʊəs]
  • adj. 显著的；显而易见的
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中文词源

conspicuous 显眼的

con-, 强调。-spic, 看，词源同special, spectator.

英文词源

conspicuous (adj.)
1540s, from Latin conspicuus "visible, open to view, striking," from conspicere "to look at, observe, see, notice," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + specere (see scope (n.1)). Phrase conspicuous by its absence (1859) is said to be from Tacitus ("Annals" iii.76), in a passage about certain images: "sed præfulgebant ... eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur."

双语例句

1. You may feel tearful in situations where you feel conspicuous.
觉得自己身处众目睽睽之下时，你可能会有想哭的感觉。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school.
玛丽的红头发在学校里总是很惹眼。
来自《权威词典》
3. It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.
很明显,抽烟对健康有害.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.
它的色彩使它非常惹人注目.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. He was conspicuous among his colleagues.
他在同事中出类拔萃.
来自《简明英汉词典》