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

• Yet the path he is on is patently a dead end.
  但他现在走的这条路显然是死路。
• It was patently ridiculous for a doctor practicing his profession to ask a doctor washing windows how he was.
  一个干着本行的医生问一个正洗着橱窗的医生近来如何，显然是可笑的。
• Mark had a patently strange pathology; he was obsessed with patterning.
  马克有个显然古怪的病状：他对图形十分着迷。
• The construction is patently flawed.
  欧元结构的缺陷显而易见。
• 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。
• Whatever approach you take, there's really only one patently wrong one: the big bucket approach, where you throw everything into one directory.
  不管使用什么方法，实际上只有一个方法是明显错误的：大桶方法，即将一切抛到一个目录中。
• This is patently untrue, he points out.
  他指出，这显然是不正确的。
• It would patently be a nonsense to put him in complete control.
  要想完完全全地控制他，显然是无知妄为。
• 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。
• 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。