Appear

[ə'pɪə] or [ə'pɪr]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) come into sight or view; 'He suddenly appeared at the wedding'; 'A new star appeared on the horizon'.

(verb.) come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; 'Then the computer came along and changed our lives'; 'Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago'.

(verb.) be issued or published; 'Did your latest book appear yet?'; 'The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet'.

(verb.) appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; 'Gielgud appears briefly in this movie'; 'She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage'.

(verb.) seem to be true, probable, or apparent; 'It seems that he is very gifted'; 'It appears that the weather in California is very bad'.

(verb.) present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority; 'He had to appear in court last month'; 'She appeared on several charges of theft'.

校對:拉弗尔斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

(v. i.) To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.

(v. i.) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.

(v. i.) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.

(v. i.) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

(n.) Appearance.

手打:弗拉德

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Emerge, be in sight, come in sight, be visible, come into view, HEAVE IN SIGHT, open to the view, present itself, crop out, show itself, turn up, come upon the stage, see the light.[2]. Open, dawn, break.[3]. Arise, occur, offer.[4]. Stand in judgment, be present to answer.[5]. Be manifest, be obvious, be open, be known.[6]. Seem, look, show, wear the appearance, present the appearance, have the appearance, strike one as being.

校對:鲁珀特

解釋/意思:

v.i. to become visible: to present one's self formally before an authority or tribunal hence to act as the representative or counsel for another: to be manifest: to be in one's opinion to seem: to come into view to come before the public to be published (of a book): to seem though not real.—ns. Appear′ance the act of appearing e.g. in court to prosecute or answer a charge: the publication of a book: the effect of appearing conspicuously show parade: the condition of that which appears form aspect: outward look or show: a natural phenomenon: an apparition; Appear′er one that appears: one who puts in an appearance in court.—It appears (impers.).—To all appearance so far as appears to any one; To keep up appearances to keep up an outward show with intent to conceal the absence of the inward reality; To put in an appearance to appear in person.

整理:梅尔巴