Appearance
[ə'pɪər(ə)ns] or [ə'pɪrəns]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of appearing in public view; 'the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period'; 'it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America'.
(noun.) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; 'they try to keep up appearances'; 'that ceremony is just for show'.
(noun.) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action.
(noun.) outward or visible aspect of a person or thing.
(noun.) a mental representation; 'I tried to describe his appearance to the police'.
(noun.) the event of coming into sight.
奥布里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
(n.) A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
(n.) Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
(n.) Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.
(n.) The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
(n.) Probability; likelihood.
(n.) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
校對:潘西
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Coming, arrival.[2]. Appearance, spectrum, what is seen.[3]. Semblance, seeming, show, face, pretence, color, pretext, guise, fashion, feature.[4]. Mien, air, aspect, look, complexion, figure, manner, demeanor, personal presence.
校對:诺琳
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Advent, coming, arrival, presence, apparition, aspect, Manifestatlon,probability, likeness, exhibition, mien, manner, semblance, air, show, look,pretense, likelihood, presumption
ANT:Departure, disappearance, unlikelihood, non-appearance, concealment, evanition
整理:梅纳德
例句/造句/用法:
- His mouth was such a post-office of a mouth that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- All noticed the change in his appearance. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- His hat presents at the rims a peculiar appearance of a glistening nature, as if it had been a favourite snail-promenade. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The most obvious conclusion from this is, that human nature is in general pusillanimous; since upon the sudden appearance of any object. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- He was roused from a meditation on these dire imaginings by the sudden appearance of two figures at a turn of the lane. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The table stood in the same place, close by the bedside, and on it, in its real proportions and appearance, was the shape so often repeated. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- From the year 1902 to 1909, the style of their motorcycle remained substantially the same in appearance. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- His appearance was quite familiar to me. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- A harp, and other matters of a very uncanonical appearance, were also visible when this dark recess was opened. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The gunboats, however, ploughed their way through without other damage than to their appearance. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- This appearance excited our unqualified wonder. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- It was a tentative reply, the man having a seafaring appearance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I bent over the body, and took in my hand the edge of his cloak, less altered in appearance than the human frame it clothed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- If his appearance even inspired us with hope, it only rendered the state of her mind more painful. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Still, whatever we believe or know of him, we had better not forget that some appearances are against him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Appearances did not justify an assault where we were. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Thirdly, Account for that propensity, which this illusion gives, to unite these broken appearances by a continued existence. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- But I get hope and strength through you; and you believe that though appearances may rise against him, he will be proved clear? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Whilst, for instance, the spectator is looking at the interior of a church, he sees the objects gradually assuming different appearances. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- You deceived me--not by words, but by appearances, which are less seen through than words. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He is intent upon various new expenses,--horses, and carriages, and lavish appearances of all kinds. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He pointed out to me the shifting colours of the landscape, and the appearances of the sky. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- We've been too busy to attend to mere outward appearances. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Still, in no direction were there any appearances of the trampling of men in hurried flight. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- When I came to the right appearances were different. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- And the painter too is, as I conceive, just such another--a creator of appearances, is he not? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- I observe three suspicious appearances in that young lady. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Think of the look of the thing,' expostulated Mr. Pickwick; 'have some regard to appearances. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Oh dear, yes; appearances have very little to do with happiness, said Rosamond. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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