conspicuous

• adj.目立つ；明白

con-、強調する。-spic、見る、語源的にはspecial、観客と同じ。

conspicuous (adj.)

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."

1. You may feel tearful in situations where you feel conspicuous .

大勢の人の目の下にいると感じたとき、泣きたくなるかもしれません。

2.Mary 's red hair always made her conspicuous at school.

メアリーの赤い髪は学校ではいつも目立つ。

3.It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.

タバコは健康に有害であることが明らかになった。

4.Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous .

その色は非常に注目されている。

5.He was conspicuous among his colleagues.

彼は同僚の中で群を抜いている。