conspicuous
adjective /kənˈspɪkjuəs/
/kənˈspɪkjuəs/
Idioms - easy to see or notice; likely to attract attention
易见的；明显的；惹人注意的 - Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school.
玛丽的红头发在学校里总是很惹眼。 - I felt very conspicuous in my new car.
坐在我的新车里，我感到十分惹人注目。 - The advertisements were all posted in a conspicuous place.
广告都贴在了显眼的地方。 - The event was a conspicuous success (= a very great one).
这项活动至为成功。 - Bay windows are a conspicuous feature of his architecture.
凸窗是他的建筑设计的一个显著特征。
- Its yellow skin makes it highly conspicuous.
那婴儿的黄皮肤格外惹人注目。 - The new building was rather conspicuous.
这座新楼相当显眼。 - The stain on her dress was horribly conspicuous.
她衣服上的污渍太明显。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- conspicuous by your absence
词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin conspicuus (from conspicere ‘look at attentively’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + spicere ‘look at’) + -ous. - Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school.
Idioms
conspicuous by your absence
- not present in a situation or place, when it is obvious that you should be there
（本应在场）因缺席而招人注意 - When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence.
后来到打扫时，本应在场的安妮却因为不在而引起了注意。 - The meeting went well but Nigel was conspicuous by his absence.
会议进行得很顺利，但奈杰尔的缺席引人注目。
- When it came to cleaning up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence.