conspicuous
英 [kənˈspɪkjuəs]
美 [kənˈspɪkjuəs]
adj. 易见的; 明显的; 惹人注意的
Collins.1 / BNC.6526 / COCA.9384
习惯用语
adj.
- conspicuous by your absence
- (本应在场)因缺席而招人注意
not present in a situation or place, when it is obvious that you should be there - When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence.
后来到做扫除时,本应在场的安妮却因为不在而引起了注意。
牛津词典
adj.
- 易见的;明显的;惹人注意的
easy to see or notice; likely to attract attention- 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。 - I felt very conspicuous in my new car.
坐在我的新车里,我感到十分惹人注目。 - The advertisements were all posted in a conspicuous place.
广告都贴在了显眼的地方。 - The event was a conspicuous success (= a very great one) .
这项活动至为成功。
- Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 显眼的;引人注目的
If someone or something isconspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily.- The most conspicuous way in which the old politics is changing is in the growing use of referendums...
旧式政治最明显的变化在于其越来越多地进行全民公决。 - 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。
- The most conspicuous way in which the old politics is changing is in the growing use of referendums...
- PHRASE 因缺席而引人注意的
If you say that someone or something isconspicuous bytheirabsence, you are drawing attention to the fact that they are not in a place or situation where you think they should be.- He played no part in the game and was conspicuous by his absence in the post-match celebrations.
比赛时他没有上场,并且由于没有参加赛后的庆祝活动而引起了大家的关注。
- He played no part in the game and was conspicuous by his absence in the post-match celebrations.
英英释义
adj
- obvious to the eye or mind
- a tower conspicuous at a great distance
- wore conspicuous neckties
- made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening
- without any attempt at concealment
- blatant disregard of the law
- a blatant appeal to vanity
- a blazing indiscretion
双语例句
- Mark Twain is a conspicuous example.
马克·吐温就是一个显著的例子。 - She might have felt less conspicuous if there had been other women there too.
如果当时也有其他女人在场,她可能就不会觉得那么显眼了。 - The discrepancy in the company accounts was too conspicuous that no auditor could have failed to notice.
公司账单上的这个错误很明显,任何审计人员都不会不注意到。 - The girl tried to make herself as conspicuous as possible.
那个女孩尽量使自己被别人注意。 - Of all a dog'body language, the most conspicuous is the wagging of its tail.
在狗的所有形体语言中,最明显的一种莫过于尾巴的摇摆了。 - There was a conspicuous landmark ahead.
前面有一个显著的路标。 - 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。 - She is a conspicuous figure.
她是个引人注目的人物。 - It has four conspicuous features: non-linear, maintaining individual difference, interdependence and qualitative change.
它具有非线性、语言保持个体差异、互相依赖性与质变等四个显著特征。 - Today's most conspicuous example is China with its explosive growth.
现在最明显的一个例子当属爆炸式发展的中国。