词源

源自拉丁語 (“可见的，引人注目的”)，源自 (“注意到”)，源自 (“与，和”) + (“看”)。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/

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形容词

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1. 明显的，显眼的

   He was conspicuous by his absence.

   他明显没有来。

   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, 章號 7, 出自 Well Tackled!‎:

     “No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”

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   • 1964 April, “Letters: Rethinking emergency procedures”, 出自 Modern Railways，頁號 274:

     [...] 1. Handsignalmen, where needed, ought to wear a conspicuous orange/yellow cape (like many road workmen) to draw attention to them.

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2. (因不好，难看而) 显眼的，扎眼的，突出的

   He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.

   他额头上有个明显的包。

   • 1969, Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet, Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:

     For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous.

延伸阅读

• w:en:Conspicuous consumption
• w:en:Conspicuous leisure
• “conspicuous”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
• “conspicuous”, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587
• OneLook 在线词典 上有关 conspicuous 的释义