appear是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to start to be seen or to be present -- 出现；呈现；显现

  • He suddenly appeared in the doorway. 他突然出现在门口。

  • We'd been in the house a month when dark stains started appearing on the wall. 墙上开始出现一些深色的斑迹时，我们在这幢房子里已经住了一个月。

  • His name appears in the film credits for lighting. 他作为灯光师出现在电影演职人员名单中。

  • Both women will be appearing before magistrates later this week. 本周晚些时候这两名妇女都将在地方法院出庭。

• 1 to seem -- 看来好像；似乎

  • You've got to appear (to be) calm in an interview even if you're terrified underneath. 在面试时，即使内心很怕，也要显出很镇定的样子。

  • To people who don't know him he probably appears (to be) rather unfriendly. 在不了解他的人看来，他可能很不友好。

  • Things aren't always what they appear to be. 事情并不总像表面看上去的那样。

  • [ + to infinitive ] She appears to actually like the man, which I find incredible. 她好像真的很喜欢那个男的，这让我觉得难以置信。

  • There appears to be some mistake. 好像出了什么错误。

  • [ + (that) ] It appears (that) she left the party alone. 好像她独自离开了聚会。

  • It appears to me (that) (= I think that) we need to make some changes. 在我看来，我们要作些变动。

  • formal It would appear (that) (= it seems that) nobody on board the aircraft actually had a licence to fly it. 事实上好像飞机上的所有人都没有飞行执照。

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

  • Everything was not as it appeared - secret deals had been done. 一切并非看上去的那样——实际上有暗箱交易。

  • I know how it must appear, but it's not really as bad as it looks. 我知道看起来会是个什么样子，但实际上也并不像看上去的那么糟糕。

  • "Has he left?" "It appears not/so." “他走了吗？”“好像没有／是的。”

  • [ after so ] "I think we're late." "So it appears." “我想我们迟到了。”“看来是的。”

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

  • She will be appearing in the latest adaptation of "Bleak House". 她将在《荒凉山庄》最新的改编版本中出演角色。

  • She appears briefly in the new Bond film. 她在新的007电影中有几个镜头。

• 3 to start to exist or become available -- （产品等）有货的，可以买到的

  • I've noticed that smaller cars are starting to appear (= be produced or sold) again. 我注意到小型轿车又开始出现了。

  • The film, currently showing in the States, will be appearing on our screens (= we will be able to see it) later this year. 这部正在美国上映的电影今年晚些时候将在我国播映。

• 4 to arrive -- 到达

  • If she hasn't appeared by ten o'clock I'm going without her. 她要是10点钟还到不了，我就自己去了。