詞彙精選：obvious的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
adj.
顯然的，明顯的
例句：
It was patently obvious that he was lying.
顯然他在撒謊.
例句：
Their abomination of violence was obvious.
他們對暴力行爲的痛恨是很明顯的。
明白的，清楚的
例句：
His implication in the crime was obvious to all.
大家都清楚他和這一罪行有牽連。
例句：
The answer to this question could not be more obvious.
用不着討論，事情是再清楚不過的了。
二、詞義辨析：
apparent,obvious,evident,clear,plain,distinct,definite,manifest
這些形容詞均含“清楚的，明白的，明顯的”之意。apparent強調顯而易見或一想便知。這個詞從動詞appear派生而來，故有時含有表面如此而事實上未必的意味。obvious語氣較強，指極爲明顯，有目共睹，無需說明和論證。evident指根據事實成爲顯然的。clear普通用詞，側重清楚明白。plain普通用詞，含義與clear很接近，可通用，但plain着重簡單明瞭，不復雜。distinct較正式用詞，指輪廓的清楚或定義、含義的明確，不會弄錯。 definite語氣肯定，着重明白無誤，無可懷疑。manifest語義較強，書面用詞，強調一目瞭然，暗示不要任何推論就一清二楚。
三、參考例句：
You shouldn't tell such obvious lies.
你不該說如此明顯的謊話。
The availableness of medicine is obvious .
藥的效用是明顯的。
It was obvious, and it was dire.
這是顯而易見的，也是可怕的。
The two plots share certain obvious affinities.
這兩個情節有某種明顯的相似。
We need not belabor the obvious point.
我們不需要抨擊這個觀點。
She sipped her drink with obvious pleasure.
That wasn't obvious to us.
一開始我們也沒注意到。
It is obvious that he was killed.
很明顯，他是被殺死的。
It is obvious that they have no desire for peace.
很顯然，他們沒有和平的願望。
It's obvious that you need more time to think.
顯然你需要更多時間來思考。
