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appearance
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🇺🇸 /ʌpˈɪɹʌns/
🇬🇧 /əˈpɪə.ɹəns/
appearance主要表示“出现、现身”以及由此留下的“外表、形象”,也可指公开露面或出庭等具体场合。
💡 记忆钩子
想象一个人或东西从幕后走到眼前:它先是“出现、现身”,一旦被看见,就有了别人眼中的“外表和形象”;如果是在公众面前或法庭上走出来,就是“公开露面”或“出庭”。
📝 学习建议
- 不要只把appearance记成“外貌”;先掌握“出现、现身”,再把意义扩展到“外表、形象”。
- 它既可以说某人或某物出现,也可以说其外表,因此要根据上下文判断是在说“出现这件事”还是“看起来的样子”。
📖 中文释义
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core 出现;现身📖 指人或事物从看不见到进入视线的动作或事实,重点在“出现”这一过程,而不是出现之后的外貌。💡 常用“the appearance of + 名词”表示某人或某物的出现,也可用“make an appearance”表示现身。这个意义可以用于正式或日常语境;不要把它误解为只表示“长相”。countable uncountableHis sudden appearance surprised everyone.他的突然出现让大家都很惊讶。The appearance of dark clouds warned us of rain.乌云的出现提醒我们可能要下雨了。
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common 所见现象;奇异景象📖 指被看见的某个现象或景象,常常带有不寻常、难以解释的感觉;这里强调“看见的东西”,不是“出现的动作”。💡 常用“a strange/unusual appearance”描述异常景象,也可用“an appearance in the sky”等结构说明出现在哪里。这个意义在新闻、叙事和较正式的文字中较常见,日常口语中也可以直接说“sight”或“phenomenon”。countable uncountableA strange appearance in the sky drew everyone's attention.天空中一个奇怪的景象吸引了所有人的注意。
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core 外表;外在样子📖 指一个人或事物呈现在眼前的样子,包括身体外观和整体给人的视觉印象,是“出现并被看见”后留下的外在形态。💡 谈人的外貌时常用“physical appearance”或“appearance”,谈事物则可说“the appearance of + 名词”。appearance通常指总体外观,不专指脸或衣服;不要把它和只表示“脸”的词混用。countable uncountableThe building has changed a lot in appearance.这座建筑的外观变化很大。Her calm appearance hid how nervous she was.她平静的外表掩盖了她内心的紧张。
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common 外在形象;给人的印象📖 指别人根据外表或表现形成的形象,也可以指某物表面上呈现出来的样子;它特别强调“看起来如此”,不保证真实情况就是如此。💡 常用“in appearance”表示“在外表上”,也常见“care about one's appearance”和“contrary to appearances”等搭配。这个意义可用于外貌、穿着和社会形象;涉及真实本质时,通常要和“reality”或“reality beneath the appearance”对照。countable uncountableDespite his serious appearance, he is very funny.尽管他看起来很严肃,其实他非常幽默。
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rare 外在表象📖 在哲学或宗教讨论中,指事物呈现出来的外在形式,与隐藏在其后的本质或真实存在相对。💡 常见于“appearance and reality”以及讨论本质与表象的正式文章中。这里不是普通的“长相”,而是抽象概念;一般生活对话中不要优先使用这一义项。countable uncountable
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common 公开露面;登场📖 指某人以某种身份来到公众面前、参加活动或在某个场合正式现身;它是“出现”在社会或公共场合中的延伸。💡 常用“make an appearance”或“make one's first appearance as + 身份”,也可说“a public appearance”。它通常指有一定公开性质的露面,不只是随便走进一个房间;新闻和正式场合中尤其常见。countable uncountableThe singer made a surprise appearance at the charity event.那位歌手突然现身慈善活动。
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common 出庭;到庭📖 在法律语境中,指当事人或其律师为参加审判、诉讼等程序而到法院或代表出席。💡 常用“court appearance”或“appear in court”,也可说“make an appearance on behalf of a client”。这是法律固定用法,不能按普通“外表”理解;表示出庭次数时通常说“a court appearance”。countable uncountableShe has a court appearance next Monday.她下周一要出庭。
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rare 排便;排泄情况📖 在护理记录中,是对病人排便这一情况的委婉说法,仍可看作“出现了排泄物”的专业延伸。💡 主要见于护士记录和医疗交接中的固定表达,如“no appearance”或“an appearance”。这是专业委婉语,普通交流中不要用它代替日常的“排便”说法。countable uncountable
appearances
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 6 组
the act of appearing in public view;
同义词集:
appearance
the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period
it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America
反义: disappearance, disappearing
上位: arrival
下位: apparition, emergence, emersion, reappearance, return
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression;
同义词集:
appearance
show
they try to keep up appearances
that ceremony is just for show
上位: feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
同义词集:
appearance
appearing
coming into court
上位: attendance, attending
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
同义词集:
appearance
visual aspect
上位: quality
下位: beauty, blemish, cast, color, colour, complexion, countenance, defect, deformity, discoloration, discolouration, disfiguration, disfigurement, effect, face, form, format, gloss, image, impression, linear perspective, look, mar, persona, perspective, phase, semblance, shape, stain, ugliness, view, visage
a mental representation
同义词集:
appearance
I tried to describe his appearance to the police
上位: internal representation, mental representation, representation
下位: front, illusion, semblance
the event of coming into sight
同义词集:
appearance
反义: disappearance
上位: happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
下位: apparition, manifestation, materialisation, materialization
🌳 词源
源自中古法语和拉丁语,词形可理解为“appear(出现)”加上表示名词的后缀。
Borrowed from Middle French apparence, from Latin apparentia, from appareo. Morphologically appear + -ance. Doublet of apparence and apparency. Displaced native Old English hīew (“the way something looks or seems”) and ætīewednes (“act of appearing or coming into view”).
🔄 变式
appearances
plural
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