1 to seem -- 看来好像;似乎
[ after so ] "I think we're late." "So it appears." “我想我们迟到了。”“看来是的。”
"Has he left?" "It appears not/so." “他走了吗?”“好像没有/是的。”
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。
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。
[ + adv/prep ] It appears as if/as though I was wrong. 好像我错了似的。
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。
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。
[ + (that) ] It appears (that) she left the party alone. 好像她独自离开了聚会。
There appears to be some mistake. 好像出了什么错误。
[ + 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。
Things aren't always what they appear to be. 事情并不总像表面看上去的那样。
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。
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。
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。
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。
It appears that endogenous and/or exogenous serotonin in preimplantation embryos could be involved in complex autocrine/paracrine regulations of embryo development and embryo-maternal interactions.
This can make study findings appear redundant as the health service rushes on to experiment with the next new initiative.
But farm size does not appear to explain differences in yields and net returns when the technology is adopted.
Continuing treatment appears to have a protective effect against relapse.
In the remainder of cases, the division was purely histological, as the physiology appeared uniform in the factors we tested.
Thus, the dissipation of volume appears for purely topological reasons.
Purely indefinite readings appear to be more exceptional, yet in some contexts they provide a plausible interpretation of a given gerund construction.
Instead, they appeared on occasion to recompute the phonetic elements, producing a new erroneous version.