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 præfulgebant ... eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur."
实用例句
1. You may feel tearful in situations where you feel conspicuous.
觉得自己身处众目睽睽之下时，你可能会有想哭的感觉。来自柯林斯例句
2. 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。来自《权威词典》
3. It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.
