0 appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else -- 表面上的;假稱的,假託的
Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government. 他們假稱要清除政府腐敗,可真正目的卻是要顛覆政府。
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
再长的路,一步步也能走完,再短的路,不迈开双脚也无法到达。