1540s, from Latin conspicuus "visible, open to view, striking," from conspicere "to look at, observe, see, notice," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + specere (see scope (n.1)). Phrase conspicuous by its absence (1859) is said to be from Tacitus ("Annals" iii.76), in a passage about certain images: "sed pr?fulgebant ... eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur."
雙語例句
1. You may feel tearful in situations where you feel conspicuous.
覺得自己身處眾目睽睽之下時，你可能會有想哭的感覺。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school.
瑪麗的紅頭發(fā)在學(xué)校里總是很惹眼。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.