patently

英 [ˈpeɪtəntli]

美 [ˈpætəntli]

adv.  毫无疑问; 显然

BNC.13725 / COCA.16413

牛津词典

adv.

• 毫无疑问；显然
  without doubt
  1. Her explanation was patently ridiculous.
     她的解释显然是荒唐可笑的。
  2. It was patently obvious that she was lying.
     她显然是在撒谎。

柯林斯词典

The pronunciation /'pætənt/ is also used for meanings 1 and 2 in British English. 英国英语中义项1和2亦读作/'pætənt/。


• N-COUNT 专利权
  Apatentis an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new product for a certain period of time.
  1. P&G applied for a patent on its cookies...
     宝洁公司为它的饼干申请专利权。
  2. He held a number of patents for his many innovations...
     他拥有多项发明的专利权。
  3. It sued Centrocorp for patent infringement.
     它诉Centrocorp公司侵犯专利权。
• VERB 得到…的专利权
  If youpatentsomething, you obtain a patent for it.
  1. He patented the idea that the atom could be split...
     他获得了“原子可以再分”这一概念的专利权。
  2. The invention has been patented by the university.
     那项发明已被那所大学申请了专利。
  3. ...a patented machine called the VCR II.
     名为VCR II的专利机器
• ADJ-GRADED （尤指坏事物）明显的，显而易见的
  You usepatentto describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in an emphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious.
  1. This was patent nonsense.
     这明显是胡说八道。
  2. ...a patent lie.
     赤裸裸的谎言

英英释义

adv

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
  1. the answer is obviously wrong
  2. she was in bed and evidently in great pain
  3. he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
  4. it is all patently nonsense
  5. she has apparently been living here for some time
  6. I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
  7. You are plainly wrong
  8. he is plain stubborn
  Synonym:obviouslyevidentlymanifestlyapparentlyplainlyplain

双语例句

• For such a private man it was patently painful to have to testify about the intimacies of their relationship.
  对这样一个退隐的人来说，出庭阐述两人的婚姻关系显然非常痛苦。
• The root problem is not just a hugely elevated level of public debt, or a patently unsustainable trajectory for old age entitlements. It is an electorate deeply divided over the direction of government, with differences compounded by changing demographics and sustained sluggish growth.
  根本的问题不仅仅在于公共债务水平过高，也不仅仅在于显然不可持续的老年人福利项目，还在于选民对政府政策方向产生了严重分歧，而人口变化和经济增长持续疲弱又加剧了这种分歧。
• Though Dr Warren patently sees his site, which claims to have been responsible for 600,000 marriages, as a cut above those facilitating mere hookups.
  然而，沃伦博士显然认为自己的网站优于那些只是安排约会的网站。该网站声称促成了60万桩婚姻。
• Senator Obama called Ferraro's comments "patently absurd" and "divisive." He spoke to ABC News'morning television show.
  奥巴马在美国广播公司早间新闻节目上说，费拉罗的评论非常荒唐，而且具有分裂性。
• They are voting today for debt restructuring, just as they were happy in 2009 to be lending to Greece at just 100 points over the Bund when the fiscal problems were patently there for all to see.
  它们现在赞成债务重组，正如在2009年希腊财政问题浮出水面之际，它们乐于以仅比德国国债高出100个基点的利率借给希腊钱。
• The thing is so patently absurd that we need waste no more words on it.
  这是十分荒谬的事，用不着多说的。
• Her explanation was patently ridiculous.
  她的解释显然是荒唐可笑的。
• And for derivatives, historic cost accounting is patently wrong.
  并且，就衍生品而言，采用历史成本会计显然是错误的。
• Screens serve a secondary purpose not patently obvious.
  阻尼网还有一个不很明显的次要目的。
• If altering the brain makes it possible to perform better, achieve more or have greater capacities than one's parents, is such alteration patently immoral?
  如果修改脑子可以让他表现得更好、比双亲更有成就或更有能力，这样的改变真的不道德吗？