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

• The lesson is not that AIG was badly treated it patently was not but that others gain enormous, usually invisible, benefits.
  问题不在于aig遭受了糟糕的待遇事实显然相反而在于其他人获得了巨大的、通常是隐性的利益。
• Putting the Boxster up against its big brother for this drive may seem patently unfair, except that its mid-engine layout makes it sportier and many say more fun to drive.
  在我设计的这次试驾中，让博科斯特与它的大哥抗衡显然不太公平，但博科斯特的中置引擎构造使它更富运动感，而且很多人表示，这让它更富驾驶乐趣。
• 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。
• 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。
• To say Quan is planning to cause them or the Bengal tigers harm is a blatant lie and patently dishonest.
  说全莉要加害他们本人和两只孟加拉虎纯粹是一派胡言，是公然的不诚实。
• 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。
• The poor happy employment rate shows that Hong Kond is patently not a good city.
  香港的快乐就业率如此低，证明香港不是一个好城市。
• 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？
• It should be patently clear that my expeditions to cramond.
  很明显我带他们去克莱蒙得的经历。
• While NoSQL datastores are particularly suited to storing big data ( think Google's Bigtable), NoSQL is a patently non-relational approach.
  因为NoSQL数据商店尤其适合存储大型数据（如Google的Bigtable），显然NoSQL是一种非关系数据库方法。