appear是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to start to be seen or to be present -- 出現；呈現；顯現

  • He suddenly appeared in the doorway. 他突然出現在門口。

  • We'd been in the house a month when dark stains started appearing on the wall. 牆上開始出現一些深色的斑跡時，我們在這幢房子裡已經住了一個月。

  • His name appears in the film credits for lighting. 他作為燈光師出現在電影演職人員名單中。

  • Both women will be appearing before magistrates later this week. 本週稍後這兩名婦女都將在地方法院出庭。

• 1 to seem -- 看來好像；似乎

  • You've got to appear (to be) calm in an interview even if you're terrified underneath. 在面試時，即使內心很怕，也要顯出很鎮定的樣子。

  • To people who don't know him he probably appears (to be) rather unfriendly. 在不瞭解他的人看來，他可能很不友善。

  • Things aren't always what they appear to be. 事情並不總像表面看上去的那樣。

  • [ + to infinitive ] She appears to actually like the man, which I find incredible. 她好像真的很喜歡那個男的，這讓我覺得難以置信。

  • There appears to be some mistake. 好像出了甚麼錯誤。

  • [ + (that) ] It appears (that) she left the party alone. 好像她獨自離開了聚會。

  • It appears to me (that) (= I think that) we need to make some changes. 在我看來，我們要作些變動。

  • formal It would appear (that) (= it seems that) nobody on board the aircraft actually had a licence to fly it. 事實上好像飛機上的所有人都沒有飛行執照。

  • [ + adv/prep ] It appears as if/as though I was wrong. 好像我錯了似的。

  • Everything was not as it appeared - secret deals had been done. 一切並非看上去的那樣——實際上有暗箱交易。

  • I know how it must appear, but it's not really as bad as it looks. 我知道看起來會是個甚麼樣子，但實際上也並不像看上去的那麼糟糕。

  • "Has he left?" "It appears not/so." 「他走了嗎？」「好像沒有／是的。」

  • [ after so ] "I think we're late." "So it appears." 「我想我們遲到了。」「看來是的。」

• 2 to perform publicly in a play, film, or show -- 登臺；演出；表演

  • She will be appearing in the latest adaptation of "Bleak House". 她將在《荒涼山莊》最新的改編版本中出演角色。。

  • She appears briefly in the new Bond film. 她在新的007電影中有幾個鏡頭。

• 3 to start to exist or become available -- （產品等）有貨的，可以買到的

  • I've noticed that smaller cars are starting to appear (= be produced or sold) again. 我注意到小型轎車又開始出現了。

  • The film, currently showing in the States, will be appearing on our screens (= we will be able to see it) later this year. 這部正在美國上映的電影今年稍後將在我國播映。

• 4 to arrive -- 到達

  • If she hasn't appeared by ten o'clock I'm going without her. 她要是十點鐘還到不了，我就自己去了。