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nominally

/nom-uh-nl-ee/US // ˈnɒm ə nl i //

名义上的,名义上讲,名义上是,名义上

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : by or as regards name; in name; ostensibly: He was nominally the leader, but others actually ran the organization.

Examples

  • In addition to three trips in 2016 described in court papers, he was here in 2015 — nominally to attend a training program at the University of New Haven.

  • The hearing nominally focused on disinformation and extremism, particularly in the wake of the January 6 events at the US Capitol.

  • The deeper question for Sundog is why a person who nominally loves the freedom of the hills devotes his hours debating their “rights” in situations that are rare approaching hypothetical.

  • This dynamic exercise lasted for about 30 seconds and appeared to proceed nominally as well.

  • Whereas all-wheel-drive crossovers waste energy driving the front and rear driveshafts and axles at all times, the Bronco Sport is fitted with a part-time system that nominally drives only the front wheels.

  • But one thing is becoming clearer: No matter who is nominally in charge, chaos will reign.

  • Meanwhile, the labor unions and liberal groups that nominally backed Cuomo could not be more thrilled to see him stumble.

  • But with winking acquiescence, the FDA, though nominally still watching over shoulders, more or less disappeared.

  • In other words, built into the negotiations nominally aimed at two states was a condition that made two states less likely.

  • Egypt and Syria were formal coalition members; even China and Russia were at least nominally on board.

  • This is a conquered city, virtually if not nominally in a state of siege, without assignable period.

  • Office hours in those days were nominally from nine till six, but for the juniors especially often much longer.

  • I am prepared to respect the franchise, to give substantially, although not nominally, equality.

  • Mr. Mitchell was nominally a Unitarian in his religious creed, but he held very lax notions of this theology, and verged to Deism.

  • The Celts sustained a long struggle against the Frankish kings, who only nominally occupied Brittany.