appears

英 [əˈpɪəz]

美 [əˈpɪrz]

v.  显得; 看来; 似乎; 出现; 呈现; 显现; 起源; 首次使用
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柯林斯词典

• V-LINK 好像;似乎;看来
  If you say that somethingappears tobe the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
  1. There appears to be increasing support for the leadership to take a more aggressive stance...
     好像有越来越多的人支持领导层采取更为强势的立场。
  2. The aircraft appears to have crashed near Katmandu...
     飞机似乎在加德满都附近坠毁了。
  3. It appears that some missiles have been moved...
     一些导弹似乎已经被移走了。
  4. It appears unlikely that the UN would consider making such a move...
     看起来联合国不太可能考虑采取这样一种行动。
  5. The presidency is beginning to appear a political irrelevance...
     总统一职似乎正在沦为政治上的摆设。
  6. Nine months later, those talks appear as distant as ever...
     9个月以后，那些会谈似乎仍然遥遥无期。
  7. He appeared willing to reach an agreement.
     他似乎愿意达成协议。
• V-LINK 看起来；显得
  If someone or somethingappearsto have a particular quality or characteristic, they give the impression of having that quality or characteristic.
  1. She did her best to appear more self-assured than she felt...
     她竭力让自己表现得比实际更自信。
  2. He is anxious to appear a gentleman...
     他急于想表现得像个绅士。
  3. Under stress these people will appear to be superficial, over-eager and manipulative.
     这些人在压力下会显得浅薄无知、操之过急，而且爱摆布人。
• VERB 出现；显现
  When someone or somethingappears, they move into a position where you can see them.
  1. A woman appeared at the far end of the street...
     一个女人远远出现在街的尽头。
  2. Last night some of the prisoners appeared on the roof.
     昨晚，其中几个犯人出现在房顶上。
• VERB 开始存在；产生
  When something newappears, it begins to exist or reaches a stage of development where its existence can be noticed.
  1. ...small white flowers which appear in early summer...
     初夏时绽放的白色小花
  2. Slogans have appeared on walls around the city.
     标语已出现在全城周围的墙上。
  3. ...a test which can reveal infection at an early stage, before symptoms appear...
     可在症状出现前检测出早期感染的测试
• VERB （书籍等）出版，发表，问世
  When something such as a bookappears, it is published or becomes available for people to buy.
  1. I could hardly wait for 'Boys' World' to appear each month.
     每个月我都翘首期盼着《男孩世界》的出版。
  2. ...a poem which appeared in his last collection of verse.
     发表在他最后一部诗集中的一首诗
• VERB 演出；出场；表演
  When someoneappears insomething such as a play, a show, or a television programme, they take part in it.
  1. Jill Bennett became John Osborne's fourth wife, and appeared in several of his plays...
     吉尔·本内特成为了约翰·奥斯本的第四任妻子，并参演过他的几部戏剧。
  2. Student leaders appeared on television to ask for calm.
     学生领袖出现在电视上请求大家保持冷静。
• VERB 出庭；到案
  When someoneappears beforea court of law orbeforean official committee, they go there in order to answer charges or to give information as a witness.
  1. Two other executives appeared at Worthing Magistrates' Court charged with tax fraud...
     又有两个经理因偷税漏税指控被传唤到沃辛治安法庭。
  2. The American will appear before members of the disciplinary committee at Portman Square.
     那个美国人将在波特曼广场接受纪律委员会成员的审问。

双语例句

• The vote yesterday appears to mark something of a turning point in the war
  昨天的投票似乎标志着战争中的某个转折点。
• Experts remain unclear as to why the danger appears to have been steadily increasing.
  专家依然不清楚为什么危险似乎一直在增大。
• The city of Sarajevo appears relatively calm today.
  萨拉热窝城今天显得相对平静些。
• The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau
  美国的海洛因市场现在似乎已到了停滞期。
• She appears nightly on the television news, speaking for the State Department.
  她作为国务院的发言人，每晚都会出现在电视新闻中。
• The country appears to be violating several articles of the convention.
  这个国家看起来违反了公约中的好几项条款。
• The army now appears to have launched a counter-offensive.
  军队现在似乎已经发起了反攻。
• Some doubters fear this news may not be as good as it appears.
  有些持怀疑态度的人担心这条新闻并非像报道那般美好。
• A symbol appears in an upper quadrant of the screen.
  一个符号出现在屏幕上方的一个象限里。
• The interpolation appears to have been inserted very soon after the original text was finished.
  插补文字似乎是在原文完成后不久被补充进来的。