When something is patently true, or patently false, you mean it is very clear — so clear that arguing the other way starts to look dishonest.

When something is patently true, or patently false當某件事是patently true或patently false you mean it is very clear你的意思是它非常明顯 so clear that arguing the other way starts to look dishonest明顯到反過來爭辯就開始顯得不誠實

English likes it in front of words such as obvious, false, absurd, unfair. It is a little formal and a little sharp: you are not only saying “clearly”; you are saying “look, it is sitting there in the open.” You hear it in news, essays, and annoyed talk among people who read a lot, not from small children.

English likes it in front of words such as obvious, false, absurd, unfair英文喜歡把它放在obvious、false、absurd、unfair這類字前面 It is a little formal and a little sharp這個字有點正式,也有點犀利 you are not only saying “clearly”你不只是在說「清楚地」 you are saying “look, it is sitting there in the open.”你是在說「你看,它就明擺在那裡」 You hear it in news, essays, and annoyed talk among people who read a lot你會在新聞、文章,以及愛看書的人生氣時的談話裡聽到它 not from small children而不是從小孩子口中

Though actually, it does not come from the inventor’s patent. The adverb is patent (the old adjective meaning “open, plain to see”) plus -ly. That patent and the legal patent share an older idea of something lying open, where anyone can look; in real use, patently belongs with “obvious,” not with “inventions.”

Though actually不過其實 it does not come from the inventor's patent它不是來自發明人的patent(專利) The adverb is patent (the old adjective meaning “open, plain to see”) plus -ly這個副詞是patent(舊時形容詞,意思是「開放、顯而易見」)加上-ly組成的 That patent and the legal patent share an older idea of something lying open, where anyone can look這個patent跟法律上的patent(專利)共用一個較古老的概念,也就是東西攤開在那裡、任何人都能看到 in real use在實際用法裡 patently belongs with “obvious,”patently是跟「obvious」(明顯)歸在一起的 not with “inventions.”而不是跟「inventions」(發明)