appears

[əˈpiəz]
  • 释义
  • 出现( appear的第三人称单数 );出庭(作证或受审);演出;发表;

  • 词义辨析
  • appear, look, seem
  • 这三个词都可用作系动词,表示“看起来”。它们的区别是:
    1.在含义上, appear 强调外表上给人的某种印象,有时含实质上并非如此的意思; look意味着看上去如此,实际亦是如此; seem 则暗示判断有一定根据,这种判断往往接近事实。例如:
    He appears to be very young.
    他看上去很年轻。(实际上不一定如此)
    He looks to be very young.
    他看上去很年轻。(实际上也年轻)
    He seems to be very young.
    他看上去很年轻。(可能他的确很年轻)
    2.在用法上,这三个词都可跟形容词或“to be+形容词或名词”结构,也可用于It appears〔appeared〕/looks〔looked〕/seems〔seemed〕 as if...结构。但是, appear 和seem跟to- v 时仍表示“看起来”,而look 接to- v 则是“盼望”的意思。例如:
    He appears〔seems〕 to know it.
    他看来知道这件事。
    He looks to hear from you.
    他期待你来信。
    另外, appear 和seem可用于It appears〔appeared〕/seems〔seemed〕 that...结构,而look不能。例如:
    我看他似乎很喜欢看这部小说。
    [误] It looks to me that he enjoys read- ing the novel.
    [正] It appears〔seems〕 to me that he enjoys reading the novel.
    还有, appear 和seem一般不用于进行体; 而look可用现在进行时,这和一般现在时所表示的意思无多大区别。例如:
    You are looking〔look〕 very unhappy.你看起来很不高兴。
  • appear, emerge, loom
  • 这三个词共同的意思是“出现”,它们的区别是:
    appear强调的是公开露面; emerge指从某个掩蔽处出现或摆脱遮挡物而被看见,强调“缓缓出现”; loom则强调眼前出现的物体好像从云雾中发出,无明显轮廓,即“朦胧出现”。
  • appear,emerge,show,loom
  • 这些动词均有“出现”之意。
    appear强调公开露面,被看见。
    emerge侧重缓缓出现的过程。
    show语气较强,强调“露出来”。
    loom指朦胧出现,好像从雾中浮现出来一样。
  • appear,look,seem
  • 这些动词均有“看起来,好像是”之意。
    appear指从感观印象看似乎是如此,但有时着重指因视野、观点限制而产生的歪曲印象。
    look指从样子看起来,侧重通过视觉而建立的印象。
    seem多指从主观印象或个反应得出的看法。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    His smiling face appears on T-shirts, billboards, and posters.

    他的笑脸出现在T恤衫、公告牌和海报上面。

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  • 2、

    Pressure appears to be mounting for conformity in how people speak English.

    要求人们讲规范英语的压力似乎越来越大。

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  • 3、

    Every spring the ozone is chewed up, and the hole appears.

    每年春天,臭氧遭到破坏,空洞就出现了。

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  • 4、

    He appears to have backed himself into a tight corner.

    他似乎已把自己逼入了困境。

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  • 5、

    The army now appears to have launched a counter-offensive.

    军队现在似乎已经发起了反攻。

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  • 6、

    The individual's whole personality appears to be permanently warped.

    这个人的整个人格似乎被永远地扭曲了。

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  • 7、

    This, in a nutshell, is what Richard Chaplin appears to have done.

    简言之,这好像就是理查德·查普林所做的一切。

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  • 8、

    The place appears to be bursting with women directors.

    这里似乎到处都是女性主管。

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  • 9、

    Professor Griffiths explained how the drug appears to work.

    格里菲思教授解释了那种药物的工作原理。

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  • 10、

    First released in 1957, the movie now appears in a new print.

    1957年首次上映后,这部影片现在有了新的拷贝。

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  • 11、

    It appears the names were accidentally erased from computer disks.

    看起来那些名字被意外地从计算机磁盘上删除了。

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  • 12、

    The economy appears to be uppermost in people's minds.

    大家心里最关心的似乎是经济。

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  • 13、

    The ground beneath us, however, appears solid and unchanging.

    然而,我们脚下的地面却似乎是坚实而恒久不变的。

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  • 14、

    He has a lively sense of humour and appears naturally confident.

    他有一种活泼外向的幽默感,看上去大方自信。

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  • 15、

    It frequently appears that Bell mistrusts all journalists.

    似乎贝尔常常对所有新闻记者都持怀疑态度。

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