Definition of appearance in English:

appearance

noun əˈpɪər(ə)nsəˈpɪrəns

1The way that someone or something looks.
（人或物的）面貌，外表，外观
she checked her appearance in the mirror
Example sentencesExamples
- For it is the cinematic equivalent of a battery-farmed egg: not exactly rotten, but surrounded by dozens of others just like it in appearance, shape and taste.
- Over the last fifteen years the quality of stock cabinets has vastly improved in appearance, detailing and durability.
- This service method is neat in appearance, sanitary, healthy, and moves the buffet line in a timely manner.
- The degradation may have been seen visually as a change in appearance (colour, aggregation, odour).
- However, up to one in 20 women are left with red, thick or painful scars that can takes years to improve in appearance.
- Simple in appearance and designed to be functional, the very first fabric awnings were only installed when and where they were needed.
- It is elegant in appearance, and exactly designed after early eighteenth-century German models.
- It is simple in appearance, tasteful in design, short on text and decked out with color photographs.
- Construction is slipshod, somehow temporary in appearance.
- Japanese marbling patterns were delicate and smoke-like in appearance.
- If done well, and if the old landscaping was getting shabby, the improvement in appearance can have a large impact on the resale value of the house.
- The ejecta blanket hits at a parabolic shape, similar in appearance to the dark parabolas seen around impact craters on Venus.
- He is tanned in appearance and has slightly long, dark hair.
- One claimed residents, some of the most desperate of the homeless on the city streets, have already noticeably improved in appearance and health.
- Success led to an order for three more cars, similar in appearance, but designed for fast services on cross-country routes.
- It was almost diamond shaped in appearance, but had many sides and the top and bottom were longer and pointed.
- This car is powerfully designed and breathtaking in appearance.
- I think there is a 90 per cent improvement in appearance and 10 per cent improvement in substance.
- Many of the attendees appeared rather youthful in appearance.
- Initial improvements in appearance are promising, but data on long term outcome are not yet available.
Synonyms
look(s), air, aspect, mien, outward form
1. 1.1 An impression given by someone or something.
  （人或物留下的可能误导他人的）印象，表面迹象
  she read it with every appearance of interest
  她似乎兴趣盎然地读着。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the interest of maintaining the appearance of neutrality, there would be no speakers with any obvious political party affiliation.
  How can we be putting all this work into appearances when appearances bear no necessary relation to intent?
  The other is that, when it comes to assessing the behaviour of princes, even the shrewdest observers are largely condemned to judge by appearances.
  I was a first year medical student when I first realized that outward appearances occasionally belie the truth.
  It is often said that one should not judge by appearances and I whole-heartedly agree.
  His appearance is of interest for his fans but it is not of importance.
  It was sad to see that the government is more interested in politics and appearances than in doing the right thing.
  If the last twenty-five years had taught him anything it was that outward appearances were wholly untrustworthy.
  It is dangerous to make assumptions based on outward appearances.
  To all outward appearances, her sister and brother-in-law treated her well; they were affectionate with her.
  Its impressive external appearance was merely a façade for corruption.
  ‘They give the appearance of legal process without any substance,’ he continues.
  But take the time to talk to him and you realise just how deceptive outward appearances can be.
  The ugliness we sometimes encounter transcends outward appearances.
  To all outward appearances the shop-keeper was unaffected by the incident.
  To all outward appearances, he appeared to settle into a post-band life of a cafe owner and general multi-media personality.
  While most shoppers are well dressed and have an affluent appearance about them, you get the impression that the country's rising tide has not lifted all boats.
  And because most people tend to judge by outward appearances, it's relatively easy to fool them.
  Don't judge by appearances, these can be deceiving, follow your heart and you cannot go far wrong!
  The fact that this offender was to outward appearances, a devoted minister to his adult parishioners is admirable.
  Synonyms
  impression, air, (outward) show, image
  semblance, facade, veneer, guise, pretence, front, illusion
2An act of performing or participating in a public event.
参演，（对公众活动的）参与
he is well known for his television appearances
他因为演过电视而著名。
Example sentencesExamples
- In the offseason, you have some time for public appearances and some endorsement-type situations.
- Yet there was the Queen of spin herself, backing the party's credentials by making a cameo appearance on our television screens dressed as a tea lady.
- Performances have also included appearances on both the big and the small screen.
- The pair are rarely pictured together and avoid joint appearances at public events.
- This episode was enacted by performers who makes rare appearances in films.
- He has made several television appearances and has been a regular performer in recent years at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.
- Personally, I did a lot of public appearances at the weekends.
- And with more TV appearances likely, it appears the runaway bride is not going away any time soon.
- His list of film appearances and co-stars is impressive.
- It's just about what happens in the studio or in public appearances.
- If only the script and performances were as impressive as the guest appearances.
- In fact, he has supplemented his income by making appearances where he performed magic tricks.
- Granted, security is a big concern whenever the president makes a public appearance.
- In 1818 his orchestral compositions began to make occasional appearances at public concerts.
- His plans include satisfying the public's desire to see the car by allowing it to make appearances at events and shows throughout the UK.
- Since then she has been making regular television and radio appearances and is regularly hired for public speaking.
- There have been few public appearances and no address to the nation on state television.
- His public appearances are often jobs for the riot squads.
- Television appearances, charity events and photo-shoots have often crowded her schedule.
- Like it or not, his role requires some public appearances at important events.
3An act of arriving or becoming visible.
the sudden appearance of her daughter startled her
她女儿的突然出现吓了她一跳。
Example sentencesExamples
- The only fun she had that day was running through the newsroom, startling my colleagues with her sudden appearance at their desks.
- Max opened his mouth to try to smooth it over, but was cut off by the sudden appearance of five burly men blowing through the door to his right, obviously on their way out.
- After the deed is done, the time has arrived for the appearance of the detective.
- The lack of, and in certain cases, the complete absence of gender equality in our own homes makes its visible appearance in our daily routine.
- Her overly cool voice sailed into the kitchen, announcing her appearance moments before she arrived.
- Many were killed because a rope might break or because a climber could be startled by the sudden appearance of a furious bird.
- Groupers hurried away to dark corners and a map angelfish put in a sudden appearance from behind a winch.
- The disguise serves him while extorting information from a bank officer, then he uses it to deceive his nemesis if he puts in a sudden appearance.
- The sudden appearance of a foot in front of my face pulled a scream from my throat and the raiders wasted no time in grabbing me and dragging me into the open.
- Her eyes opened at this statement, and her beautiful smile made a sudden appearance.
- There were previously unheard of projects and homework that made a sudden appearance this morning.
- I asked with as nonchalant a tone as I could muster, as he jumped angrily at my sudden appearance.
- It wasn't the sudden appearance of the cliff, just the fact of being lost.
- His sudden appearances, like the one today, prompted her to accuse him on stalking.
- Kat hadn't realized that she had arrived home, and was shocked at her sudden appearance.
- The whole scene of a sudden appearance of people had obviously been witnessed by quite a few others.
- The house has sparked to life with the sudden appearance of Graham, home on an impromptu break.
- In our sleepy little town where things moved with the soporific gait of undersea vegetation, high fashion made its startling appearance all of a sudden!
- One jarring element was the sudden appearance of guns towards the end of the play, when previously swords were the order of the day.
- The life of two brothers is shattered by the sudden appearance of their father, who they know only from a 10-year-old photograph.
Synonyms
arrival, advent, coming, coming into view, emergence, materialization, surfacing
1. 3.1 A process of coming into existence or use.
  问世，出现，产生，开始被使用
  the appearance of the railway
  铁路的问世。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Abnormal desquamation results in the appearance of visible scales associated with many pathologic skin conditions.
  Now the appearance of colour-screen mobile phones has raised new tasks for them.
  It is difficult to reconstruct in their fullness the ways of light in bazaars before the appearance of electricity.
  So the appearance of the dinosaurs cannot be a direct result of all these extinctions.
  As we age, we most often gauge this process by the appearance of fine and deep wrinkles.
  If such laws do exist they indicate something of profound significance - the existence of a logic beyond the material appearance of the Universe.
  The sudden appearance of an array of conservative politicians on the advisory panels is worrisome.
  From the very beginnings of life in the sea - the mollusks and trilobites - to the appearance of vertebrates, the author sets the stage for the evolution of sea creatures to land animals, tracing the development of fins to limbs, fish to amphibians and reptiles.
  This constellation represents the sudden appearance of the earth-born giant Typhoeus.
  Such a system appears to have come into existence only after the Mississippian emergence and the appearance of chiefs.
  The first stage of the healing process is the appearance of the sickness.
  Synonyms
  occurrence, manifestation, development

Phrases

keep up appearances

Maintain an impression of wealth or well-being.
（尤指为了掩饰真实情况而）维持门面，装门面，装体面
Example sentencesExamples
- An example of a bad peace is keeping up appearances, pretending that everything is fine, when the truth is that it is not.
- We keep up appearances and avoid what might lead to conflict.
- It's the diplomatic version of distressed gentlefolk keeping up appearances, making ourselves ridiculous and obnoxious to our real equals, the other Europeans.
- I hated that I was so worried about keeping up appearances with these people that I was lying to myself.
- It is crumbling, but the screen keeps up appearances.
- The only thing expressed in this election was a cry for help from a confused and lost nation, desperate to keep up appearances.
- They despise each other, but of course must keep up appearances in front of the sensitive young mistress.
- It's clear now that these and other types in investment knew what was up, and it was in their best interests to keep up appearances, so they could clean up and get out in time.
- My parents, brothers, and sisters would be here, so we had to keep up appearances.
- With an overriding mood of boredom, the boys and girls are almost totally incapable of talking to one another, and all their parents worry about is keeping up appearances.

make (or put in) an appearance

Attend an event briefly, especially as a matter of courtesy.
（尤指出于礼节而）短时间到场，露面，亮相
Example sentencesExamples
- However, with the crowd reassured that both players would make an appearance on the pitch during the changeover, play got underway.
- With a host of promising new drivers making an appearance and some marvellous machinery on view, the event seems set for a successful summer.
- It also involves casual activities such as going on a sight-seeing trip or making an appearance at an event - all of which take place in public view and therefore can be easily remembered.
- Even the local police put in an appearance, arriving to investigate a bogus complaint about the noise.
- It's only for the children who attend the playschool and Santa is to put in an appearance there also.
- The tame bald eagle, brought in for truly patriotic events, made an appearance.
- Frogs and herons also made an appearance and in spring the otters appeared.
- These often put in an appearance in late summer, and no matter how many times you've seen one, it remains an incredible buzz.
- Though he failed to make an appearance on that occasion, it can only be a matter of time before he makes his international debut.
- Experience has shown that, if a drug is available in Britain, it's only a matter of time before it puts in an appearance here.
Synonyms
arrive, turn up, put in an appearance, make an appearance, come, get here, get there, present oneself

to (or by) all appearances

As far as can be seen.
就表面看来，就所能看到的情况而言
to all appearances, it had been a normal day
表面上看，那是平常的一天。
Example sentencesExamples
- I can think of a dozen equivalent risks faced by emergency planners that by all appearances still do not occupy the minds of these savants of hind-sight.
- So the moral dilemma: do I pay money to find out for myself, thus lining the pockets of someone who has, to all appearances, committed massive scholarly fraud, or do I paddle along in ignorance?
- At this late date most of the bands are just being cute for its own sake, writing still more songs about having crushes on one another, or deciding, to all appearances, that writing decent songs is no longer even necessary.
- Southeastern Manitoba - by all appearances - is unique.
- Although this doesn't make it big by reservoir standards, it does have a serious almost marine feel especially as you park on the beach-like foreshore and the band of shingle has, to all appearances, tidemarks of debris.
- I had a similar experience once, finding chunks of an article of mine turning up unattributed, and to all appearances as out of the author's own mouth, in a book I was reading for review.
- That must be the thinking at another bar I was in - suddenly they're everywhere - that has an enclosed but, to all appearances, unventilated ‘smoking lounge.’
- A CEO who talks about himself in the third person and who is, to all appearances, a lunatic is not likely to be a very effective leader.
- But why the police threatened to arrest a group that, by all appearances, was following the rules, remains unanswered.
- Now such statements are apparently unconfirmable - to all appearances there is no possible evidence of observation which would count for or against them.
Synonyms
outwardly, externally, on the outside, on the surface, superficially, on the face of it, at first glance, at first sight, to the casual eye, to the casual observer, as far as one can judge, as far as one can see, as far as one can tell, to all intents and purposes, apparently, ostensibly, seemingly, evidently

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French aparance, aparence, from late Latin apparentia, from Latin apparere (see appear).

Rhymes

adherence, clearance, coherence, interference, perseverance

Definition of appearance in US English:

appearance

nounəˈpɪrənsəˈpirəns

1The way that someone or something looks.
（人或物的）面貌，外表，外观
I like the appearance of stripped antique pine
they are similar in appearance
他们外表相像。
Example sentencesExamples
- Over the last fifteen years the quality of stock cabinets has vastly improved in appearance, detailing and durability.
- Japanese marbling patterns were delicate and smoke-like in appearance.
- It is elegant in appearance, and exactly designed after early eighteenth-century German models.
- It is simple in appearance, tasteful in design, short on text and decked out with color photographs.
- The ejecta blanket hits at a parabolic shape, similar in appearance to the dark parabolas seen around impact craters on Venus.
- Initial improvements in appearance are promising, but data on long term outcome are not yet available.
- Many of the attendees appeared rather youthful in appearance.
- This car is powerfully designed and breathtaking in appearance.
- Success led to an order for three more cars, similar in appearance, but designed for fast services on cross-country routes.
- For it is the cinematic equivalent of a battery-farmed egg: not exactly rotten, but surrounded by dozens of others just like it in appearance, shape and taste.
- He is tanned in appearance and has slightly long, dark hair.
- It was almost diamond shaped in appearance, but had many sides and the top and bottom were longer and pointed.
- One claimed residents, some of the most desperate of the homeless on the city streets, have already noticeably improved in appearance and health.
- However, up to one in 20 women are left with red, thick or painful scars that can takes years to improve in appearance.
- This service method is neat in appearance, sanitary, healthy, and moves the buffet line in a timely manner.
- Construction is slipshod, somehow temporary in appearance.
- I think there is a 90 per cent improvement in appearance and 10 per cent improvement in substance.
- Simple in appearance and designed to be functional, the very first fabric awnings were only installed when and where they were needed.
- If done well, and if the old landscaping was getting shabby, the improvement in appearance can have a large impact on the resale value of the house.
- The degradation may have been seen visually as a change in appearance (colour, aggregation, odour).
Synonyms
look, looks, air, aspect, mien, outward form
1. 1.1 An impression given by someone or something, although this may be misleading.
  （人或物留下的可能误导他人的）印象，表面迹象
  she read it with every appearance of interest
  她似乎兴趣盎然地读着。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was sad to see that the government is more interested in politics and appearances than in doing the right thing.
  The other is that, when it comes to assessing the behaviour of princes, even the shrewdest observers are largely condemned to judge by appearances.
  In the interest of maintaining the appearance of neutrality, there would be no speakers with any obvious political party affiliation.
  How can we be putting all this work into appearances when appearances bear no necessary relation to intent?
  The fact that this offender was to outward appearances, a devoted minister to his adult parishioners is admirable.
  It is dangerous to make assumptions based on outward appearances.
  And because most people tend to judge by outward appearances, it's relatively easy to fool them.
  Don't judge by appearances, these can be deceiving, follow your heart and you cannot go far wrong!
  The ugliness we sometimes encounter transcends outward appearances.
  To all outward appearances, he appeared to settle into a post-band life of a cafe owner and general multi-media personality.
  It is often said that one should not judge by appearances and I whole-heartedly agree.
  Its impressive external appearance was merely a façade for corruption.
  If the last twenty-five years had taught him anything it was that outward appearances were wholly untrustworthy.
  I was a first year medical student when I first realized that outward appearances occasionally belie the truth.
  To all outward appearances the shop-keeper was unaffected by the incident.
  To all outward appearances, her sister and brother-in-law treated her well; they were affectionate with her.
  His appearance is of interest for his fans but it is not of importance.
  ‘They give the appearance of legal process without any substance,’ he continues.
  While most shoppers are well dressed and have an affluent appearance about them, you get the impression that the country's rising tide has not lifted all boats.
  But take the time to talk to him and you realise just how deceptive outward appearances can be.
  Synonyms
  impression, air, show, outward show, image
2An act of performing or participating in a public event.
参演，（对公众活动的）参与
he is well-known for his television appearances
他因为演过电视而著名。
Example sentencesExamples
- His plans include satisfying the public's desire to see the car by allowing it to make appearances at events and shows throughout the UK.
- The pair are rarely pictured together and avoid joint appearances at public events.
- Since then she has been making regular television and radio appearances and is regularly hired for public speaking.
- His public appearances are often jobs for the riot squads.
- He has made several television appearances and has been a regular performer in recent years at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.
- In fact, he has supplemented his income by making appearances where he performed magic tricks.
- In 1818 his orchestral compositions began to make occasional appearances at public concerts.
- His list of film appearances and co-stars is impressive.
- This episode was enacted by performers who makes rare appearances in films.
- In the offseason, you have some time for public appearances and some endorsement-type situations.
- And with more TV appearances likely, it appears the runaway bride is not going away any time soon.
- Granted, security is a big concern whenever the president makes a public appearance.
- Personally, I did a lot of public appearances at the weekends.
- Performances have also included appearances on both the big and the small screen.
- There have been few public appearances and no address to the nation on state television.
- Yet there was the Queen of spin herself, backing the party's credentials by making a cameo appearance on our television screens dressed as a tea lady.
- If only the script and performances were as impressive as the guest appearances.
- Television appearances, charity events and photo-shoots have often crowded her schedule.
- It's just about what happens in the studio or in public appearances.
- Like it or not, his role requires some public appearances at important events.
3usually in singular An act of becoming visible or noticeable; an arrival.
露面；到来
the sudden appearance of her daughter startled her
她女儿的突然出现吓了她一跳。
Example sentencesExamples
- The sudden appearance of a foot in front of my face pulled a scream from my throat and the raiders wasted no time in grabbing me and dragging me into the open.
- The only fun she had that day was running through the newsroom, startling my colleagues with her sudden appearance at their desks.
- The house has sparked to life with the sudden appearance of Graham, home on an impromptu break.
- Max opened his mouth to try to smooth it over, but was cut off by the sudden appearance of five burly men blowing through the door to his right, obviously on their way out.
- His sudden appearances, like the one today, prompted her to accuse him on stalking.
- Many were killed because a rope might break or because a climber could be startled by the sudden appearance of a furious bird.
- The disguise serves him while extorting information from a bank officer, then he uses it to deceive his nemesis if he puts in a sudden appearance.
- I asked with as nonchalant a tone as I could muster, as he jumped angrily at my sudden appearance.
- The life of two brothers is shattered by the sudden appearance of their father, who they know only from a 10-year-old photograph.
- Her overly cool voice sailed into the kitchen, announcing her appearance moments before she arrived.
- Kat hadn't realized that she had arrived home, and was shocked at her sudden appearance.
- The lack of, and in certain cases, the complete absence of gender equality in our own homes makes its visible appearance in our daily routine.
- It wasn't the sudden appearance of the cliff, just the fact of being lost.
- There were previously unheard of projects and homework that made a sudden appearance this morning.
- The whole scene of a sudden appearance of people had obviously been witnessed by quite a few others.
- One jarring element was the sudden appearance of guns towards the end of the play, when previously swords were the order of the day.
- In our sleepy little town where things moved with the soporific gait of undersea vegetation, high fashion made its startling appearance all of a sudden!
- Groupers hurried away to dark corners and a map angelfish put in a sudden appearance from behind a winch.
- After the deed is done, the time has arrived for the appearance of the detective.
- Her eyes opened at this statement, and her beautiful smile made a sudden appearance.
Synonyms
arrival, advent, coming, coming into view, emergence, materialization, surfacing
1. 3.1 A process of coming into existence or use.
  问世，出现，产生，开始被使用
  the appearance of the railroad
  铁路的问世。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If such laws do exist they indicate something of profound significance - the existence of a logic beyond the material appearance of the Universe.
  Now the appearance of colour-screen mobile phones has raised new tasks for them.
  It is difficult to reconstruct in their fullness the ways of light in bazaars before the appearance of electricity.
  As we age, we most often gauge this process by the appearance of fine and deep wrinkles.
  Abnormal desquamation results in the appearance of visible scales associated with many pathologic skin conditions.
  From the very beginnings of life in the sea - the mollusks and trilobites - to the appearance of vertebrates, the author sets the stage for the evolution of sea creatures to land animals, tracing the development of fins to limbs, fish to amphibians and reptiles.
  So the appearance of the dinosaurs cannot be a direct result of all these extinctions.
  The first stage of the healing process is the appearance of the sickness.
  The sudden appearance of an array of conservative politicians on the advisory panels is worrisome.
  Such a system appears to have come into existence only after the Mississippian emergence and the appearance of chiefs.
  This constellation represents the sudden appearance of the earth-born giant Typhoeus.
  Synonyms
  occurrence, manifestation, development

Phrases

keep up appearances

Maintain an impression of wealth or well-being, typically to hide the true situation.
（尤指为了掩饰真实情况而）维持门面，装门面，装体面
Example sentencesExamples
- My parents, brothers, and sisters would be here, so we had to keep up appearances.
- An example of a bad peace is keeping up appearances, pretending that everything is fine, when the truth is that it is not.
- With an overriding mood of boredom, the boys and girls are almost totally incapable of talking to one another, and all their parents worry about is keeping up appearances.
- They despise each other, but of course must keep up appearances in front of the sensitive young mistress.
- I hated that I was so worried about keeping up appearances with these people that I was lying to myself.
- We keep up appearances and avoid what might lead to conflict.
- It's clear now that these and other types in investment knew what was up, and it was in their best interests to keep up appearances, so they could clean up and get out in time.
- It is crumbling, but the screen keeps up appearances.
- It's the diplomatic version of distressed gentlefolk keeping up appearances, making ourselves ridiculous and obnoxious to our real equals, the other Europeans.
- The only thing expressed in this election was a cry for help from a confused and lost nation, desperate to keep up appearances.

make (or put in) an appearance

Attend an event briefly, typically out of courtesy.
（尤指出于礼节而）短时间到场，露面，亮相
Example sentencesExamples
- With a host of promising new drivers making an appearance and some marvellous machinery on view, the event seems set for a successful summer.
- Experience has shown that, if a drug is available in Britain, it's only a matter of time before it puts in an appearance here.
- It also involves casual activities such as going on a sight-seeing trip or making an appearance at an event - all of which take place in public view and therefore can be easily remembered.
- Frogs and herons also made an appearance and in spring the otters appeared.
- Though he failed to make an appearance on that occasion, it can only be a matter of time before he makes his international debut.
- However, with the crowd reassured that both players would make an appearance on the pitch during the changeover, play got underway.
- It's only for the children who attend the playschool and Santa is to put in an appearance there also.
- These often put in an appearance in late summer, and no matter how many times you've seen one, it remains an incredible buzz.
- The tame bald eagle, brought in for truly patriotic events, made an appearance.
- Even the local police put in an appearance, arriving to investigate a bogus complaint about the noise.
Synonyms
arrive, turn up, put in an appearance, make an appearance, come, get here, get there, present oneself

to (or by) all appearances

As far as can be seen.
就表面看来，就所能看到的情况而言
to all appearances, it had been a normal day
表面上看，那是平常的一天。
Example sentencesExamples
- At this late date most of the bands are just being cute for its own sake, writing still more songs about having crushes on one another, or deciding, to all appearances, that writing decent songs is no longer even necessary.
- Now such statements are apparently unconfirmable - to all appearances there is no possible evidence of observation which would count for or against them.
- That must be the thinking at another bar I was in - suddenly they're everywhere - that has an enclosed but, to all appearances, unventilated ‘smoking lounge.’
- A CEO who talks about himself in the third person and who is, to all appearances, a lunatic is not likely to be a very effective leader.
- So the moral dilemma: do I pay money to find out for myself, thus lining the pockets of someone who has, to all appearances, committed massive scholarly fraud, or do I paddle along in ignorance?
- I had a similar experience once, finding chunks of an article of mine turning up unattributed, and to all appearances as out of the author's own mouth, in a book I was reading for review.
- But why the police threatened to arrest a group that, by all appearances, was following the rules, remains unanswered.
- Southeastern Manitoba - by all appearances - is unique.
- Although this doesn't make it big by reservoir standards, it does have a serious almost marine feel especially as you park on the beach-like foreshore and the band of shingle has, to all appearances, tidemarks of debris.
- I can think of a dozen equivalent risks faced by emergency planners that by all appearances still do not occupy the minds of these savants of hind-sight.
Synonyms
outwardly, externally, on the outside, on the surface, superficially, on the face of it, at first glance, at first sight, to the casual eye, to the casual observer, as far as one can judge, as far as one can see, as far as one can tell, to all intents and purposes, apparently, ostensibly, seemingly, evidently

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French aparance, aparence, from late Latin apparentia, from Latin apparere (see appear).

单词	appearance
释义	Definition of appearance in English: appearance noun əˈpɪər(ə)nsəˈpɪrəns 1The way that someone or something looks. （人或物的）面貌，外表，外观 she checked her appearance in the mirror Example sentencesExamples For it is the cinematic equivalent of a battery-farmed egg: not exactly rotten, but surrounded by dozens of others just like it in appearance, shape and taste. Over the last fifteen years the quality of stock cabinets has vastly improved in appearance, detailing and durability. This service method is neat in appearance, sanitary, healthy, and moves the buffet line in a timely manner. The degradation may have been seen visually as a change in appearance (colour, aggregation, odour). However, up to one in 20 women are left with red, thick or painful scars that can takes years to improve in appearance. Simple in appearance and designed to be functional, the very first fabric awnings were only installed when and where they were needed. It is elegant in appearance, and exactly designed after early eighteenth-century German models. It is simple in appearance, tasteful in design, short on text and decked out with color photographs. Construction is slipshod, somehow temporary in appearance. Japanese marbling patterns were delicate and smoke-like in appearance. If done well, and if the old landscaping was getting shabby, the improvement in appearance can have a large impact on the resale value of the house. The ejecta blanket hits at a parabolic shape, similar in appearance to the dark parabolas seen around impact craters on Venus. He is tanned in appearance and has slightly long, dark hair. One claimed residents, some of the most desperate of the homeless on the city streets, have already noticeably improved in appearance and health. Success led to an order for three more cars, similar in appearance, but designed for fast services on cross-country routes. It was almost diamond shaped in appearance, but had many sides and the top and bottom were longer and pointed. This car is powerfully designed and breathtaking in appearance. I think there is a 90 per cent improvement in appearance and 10 per cent improvement in substance. Many of the attendees appeared rather youthful in appearance. Initial improvements in appearance are promising, but data on long term outcome are not yet available. Synonyms look(s), air, aspect, mien, outward form 1.1 An impression given by someone or something. （人或物留下的可能误导他人的）印象，表面迹象 she read it with every appearance of interest 她似乎兴趣盎然地读着。 Example sentencesExamples In the interest of maintaining the appearance of neutrality, there would be no speakers with any obvious political party affiliation. How can we be putting all this work into appearances when appearances bear no necessary relation to intent? The other is that, when it comes to assessing the behaviour of princes, even the shrewdest observers are largely condemned to judge by appearances. I was a first year medical student when I first realized that outward appearances occasionally belie the truth. It is often said that one should not judge by appearances and I whole-heartedly agree. His appearance is of interest for his fans but it is not of importance. It was sad to see that the government is more interested in politics and appearances than in doing the right thing. If the last twenty-five years had taught him anything it was that outward appearances were wholly untrustworthy. It is dangerous to make assumptions based on outward appearances. To all outward appearances, her sister and brother-in-law treated her well; they were affectionate with her. Its impressive external appearance was merely a façade for corruption. ‘They give the appearance of legal process without any substance,’ he continues. But take the time to talk to him and you realise just how deceptive outward appearances can be. The ugliness we sometimes encounter transcends outward appearances. To all outward appearances the shop-keeper was unaffected by the incident. To all outward appearances, he appeared to settle into a post-band life of a cafe owner and general multi-media personality. While most shoppers are well dressed and have an affluent appearance about them, you get the impression that the country's rising tide has not lifted all boats. And because most people tend to judge by outward appearances, it's relatively easy to fool them. Don't judge by appearances, these can be deceiving, follow your heart and you cannot go far wrong! The fact that this offender was to outward appearances, a devoted minister to his adult parishioners is admirable. Synonyms impression, air, (outward) show, image semblance, facade, veneer, guise, pretence, front, illusion 2An act of performing or participating in a public event. 参演，（对公众活动的）参与 he is well known for his television appearances 他因为演过电视而著名。 Example sentencesExamples In the offseason, you have some time for public appearances and some endorsement-type situations. Yet there was the Queen of spin herself, backing the party's credentials by making a cameo appearance on our television screens dressed as a tea lady. Performances have also included appearances on both the big and the small screen. The pair are rarely pictured together and avoid joint appearances at public events. This episode was enacted by performers who makes rare appearances in films. He has made several television appearances and has been a regular performer in recent years at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Personally, I did a lot of public appearances at the weekends. And with more TV appearances likely, it appears the runaway bride is not going away any time soon. His list of film appearances and co-stars is impressive. It's just about what happens in the studio or in public appearances. If only the script and performances were as impressive as the guest appearances. In fact, he has supplemented his income by making appearances where he performed magic tricks. Granted, security is a big concern whenever the president makes a public appearance. In 1818 his orchestral compositions began to make occasional appearances at public concerts. His plans include satisfying the public's desire to see the car by allowing it to make appearances at events and shows throughout the UK. Since then she has been making regular television and radio appearances and is regularly hired for public speaking. There have been few public appearances and no address to the nation on state television. His public appearances are often jobs for the riot squads. Television appearances, charity events and photo-shoots have often crowded her schedule. Like it or not, his role requires some public appearances at important events. 3An act of arriving or becoming visible. the sudden appearance of her daughter startled her 她女儿的突然出现吓了她一跳。 Example sentencesExamples The only fun she had that day was running through the newsroom, startling my colleagues with her sudden appearance at their desks. Max opened his mouth to try to smooth it over, but was cut off by the sudden appearance of five burly men blowing through the door to his right, obviously on their way out. After the deed is done, the time has arrived for the appearance of the detective. The lack of, and in certain cases, the complete absence of gender equality in our own homes makes its visible appearance in our daily routine. Her overly cool voice sailed into the kitchen, announcing her appearance moments before she arrived. Many were killed because a rope might break or because a climber could be startled by the sudden appearance of a furious bird. Groupers hurried away to dark corners and a map angelfish put in a sudden appearance from behind a winch. The disguise serves him while extorting information from a bank officer, then he uses it to deceive his nemesis if he puts in a sudden appearance. The sudden appearance of a foot in front of my face pulled a scream from my throat and the raiders wasted no time in grabbing me and dragging me into the open. Her eyes opened at this statement, and her beautiful smile made a sudden appearance. There were previously unheard of projects and homework that made a sudden appearance this morning. I asked with as nonchalant a tone as I could muster, as he jumped angrily at my sudden appearance. It wasn't the sudden appearance of the cliff, just the fact of being lost. His sudden appearances, like the one today, prompted her to accuse him on stalking. Kat hadn't realized that she had arrived home, and was shocked at her sudden appearance. The whole scene of a sudden appearance of people had obviously been witnessed by quite a few others. The house has sparked to life with the sudden appearance of Graham, home on an impromptu break. In our sleepy little town where things moved with the soporific gait of undersea vegetation, high fashion made its startling appearance all of a sudden! One jarring element was the sudden appearance of guns towards the end of the play, when previously swords were the order of the day. The life of two brothers is shattered by the sudden appearance of their father, who they know only from a 10-year-old photograph. Synonyms arrival, advent, coming, coming into view, emergence, materialization, surfacing 3.1 A process of coming into existence or use. 问世，出现，产生，开始被使用 the appearance of the railway 铁路的问世。 Example sentencesExamples Abnormal desquamation results in the appearance of visible scales associated with many pathologic skin conditions. Now the appearance of colour-screen mobile phones has raised new tasks for them. It is difficult to reconstruct in their fullness the ways of light in bazaars before the appearance of electricity. So the appearance of the dinosaurs cannot be a direct result of all these extinctions. As we age, we most often gauge this process by the appearance of fine and deep wrinkles. If such laws do exist they indicate something of profound significance - the existence of a logic beyond the material appearance of the Universe. The sudden appearance of an array of conservative politicians on the advisory panels is worrisome. From the very beginnings of life in the sea - the mollusks and trilobites - to the appearance of vertebrates, the author sets the stage for the evolution of sea creatures to land animals, tracing the development of fins to limbs, fish to amphibians and reptiles. This constellation represents the sudden appearance of the earth-born giant Typhoeus. Such a system appears to have come into existence only after the Mississippian emergence and the appearance of chiefs. The first stage of the healing process is the appearance of the sickness. Synonyms occurrence, manifestation, development Phrases keep up appearances Maintain an impression of wealth or well-being. （尤指为了掩饰真实情况而）维持门面，装门面，装体面 Example sentencesExamples An example of a bad peace is keeping up appearances, pretending that everything is fine, when the truth is that it is not. We keep up appearances and avoid what might lead to conflict. It's the diplomatic version of distressed gentlefolk keeping up appearances, making ourselves ridiculous and obnoxious to our real equals, the other Europeans. I hated that I was so worried about keeping up appearances with these people that I was lying to myself. It is crumbling, but the screen keeps up appearances. The only thing expressed in this election was a cry for help from a confused and lost nation, desperate to keep up appearances. They despise each other, but of course must keep up appearances in front of the sensitive young mistress. It's clear now that these and other types in investment knew what was up, and it was in their best interests to keep up appearances, so they could clean up and get out in time. My parents, brothers, and sisters would be here, so we had to keep up appearances. With an overriding mood of boredom, the boys and girls are almost totally incapable of talking to one another, and all their parents worry about is keeping up appearances. make (or put in) an appearance Attend an event briefly, especially as a matter of courtesy. （尤指出于礼节而）短时间到场，露面，亮相 Example sentencesExamples However, with the crowd reassured that both players would make an appearance on the pitch during the changeover, play got underway. With a host of promising new drivers making an appearance and some marvellous machinery on view, the event seems set for a successful summer. It also involves casual activities such as going on a sight-seeing trip or making an appearance at an event - all of which take place in public view and therefore can be easily remembered. Even the local police put in an appearance, arriving to investigate a bogus complaint about the noise. It's only for the children who attend the playschool and Santa is to put in an appearance there also. The tame bald eagle, brought in for truly patriotic events, made an appearance. Frogs and herons also made an appearance and in spring the otters appeared. These often put in an appearance in late summer, and no matter how many times you've seen one, it remains an incredible buzz. Though he failed to make an appearance on that occasion, it can only be a matter of time before he makes his international debut. Experience has shown that, if a drug is available in Britain, it's only a matter of time before it puts in an appearance here. Synonyms arrive, turn up, put in an appearance, make an appearance, come, get here, get there, present oneself to (or by) all appearances As far as can be seen. 就表面看来，就所能看到的情况而言 to all appearances, it had been a normal day 表面上看，那是平常的一天。 Example sentencesExamples I can think of a dozen equivalent risks faced by emergency planners that by all appearances still do not occupy the minds of these savants of hind-sight. So the moral dilemma: do I pay money to find out for myself, thus lining the pockets of someone who has, to all appearances, committed massive scholarly fraud, or do I paddle along in ignorance? At this late date most of the bands are just being cute for its own sake, writing still more songs about having crushes on one another, or deciding, to all appearances, that writing decent songs is no longer even necessary. Southeastern Manitoba - by all appearances - is unique. Although this doesn't make it big by reservoir standards, it does have a serious almost marine feel especially as you park on the beach-like foreshore and the band of shingle has, to all appearances, tidemarks of debris. I had a similar experience once, finding chunks of an article of mine turning up unattributed, and to all appearances as out of the author's own mouth, in a book I was reading for review. That must be the thinking at another bar I was in - suddenly they're everywhere - that has an enclosed but, to all appearances, unventilated ‘smoking lounge.’ A CEO who talks about himself in the third person and who is, to all appearances, a lunatic is not likely to be a very effective leader. But why the police threatened to arrest a group that, by all appearances, was following the rules, remains unanswered. Now such statements are apparently unconfirmable - to all appearances there is no possible evidence of observation which would count for or against them. Synonyms outwardly, externally, on the outside, on the surface, superficially, on the face of it, at first glance, at first sight, to the casual eye, to the casual observer, as far as one can judge, as far as one can see, as far as one can tell, to all intents and purposes, apparently, ostensibly, seemingly, evidently Origin Late Middle English: from Old French aparance, aparence, from late Latin apparentia, from Latin apparere (see appear). Rhymes adherence, clearance, coherence, interference, perseverance noun.1 phr. Definition of appearance in US English: appearance nounəˈpɪrənsəˈpirəns 1The way that someone or something looks. （人或物的）面貌，外表，外观 I like the appearance of stripped antique pine they are similar in appearance 他们外表相像。 Example sentencesExamples Over the last fifteen years the quality of stock cabinets has vastly improved in appearance, detailing and durability. Japanese marbling patterns were delicate and smoke-like in appearance. It is elegant in appearance, and exactly designed after early eighteenth-century German models. It is simple in appearance, tasteful in design, short on text and decked out with color photographs. The ejecta blanket hits at a parabolic shape, similar in appearance to the dark parabolas seen around impact craters on Venus. Initial improvements in appearance are promising, but data on long term outcome are not yet available. Many of the attendees appeared rather youthful in appearance. This car is powerfully designed and breathtaking in appearance. Success led to an order for three more cars, similar in appearance, but designed for fast services on cross-country routes. For it is the cinematic equivalent of a battery-farmed egg: not exactly rotten, but surrounded by dozens of others just like it in appearance, shape and taste. He is tanned in appearance and has slightly long, dark hair. It was almost diamond shaped in appearance, but had many sides and the top and bottom were longer and pointed. One claimed residents, some of the most desperate of the homeless on the city streets, have already noticeably improved in appearance and health. However, up to one in 20 women are left with red, thick or painful scars that can takes years to improve in appearance. This service method is neat in appearance, sanitary, healthy, and moves the buffet line in a timely manner. Construction is slipshod, somehow temporary in appearance. I think there is a 90 per cent improvement in appearance and 10 per cent improvement in substance. Simple in appearance and designed to be functional, the very first fabric awnings were only installed when and where they were needed. If done well, and if the old landscaping was getting shabby, the improvement in appearance can have a large impact on the resale value of the house. The degradation may have been seen visually as a change in appearance (colour, aggregation, odour). Synonyms look, looks, air, aspect, mien, outward form 1.1 An impression given by someone or something, although this may be misleading. （人或物留下的可能误导他人的）印象，表面迹象 she read it with every appearance of interest 她似乎兴趣盎然地读着。 Example sentencesExamples It was sad to see that the government is more interested in politics and appearances than in doing the right thing. The other is that, when it comes to assessing the behaviour of princes, even the shrewdest observers are largely condemned to judge by appearances. In the interest of maintaining the appearance of neutrality, there would be no speakers with any obvious political party affiliation. How can we be putting all this work into appearances when appearances bear no necessary relation to intent? The fact that this offender was to outward appearances, a devoted minister to his adult parishioners is admirable. It is dangerous to make assumptions based on outward appearances. And because most people tend to judge by outward appearances, it's relatively easy to fool them. Don't judge by appearances, these can be deceiving, follow your heart and you cannot go far wrong! The ugliness we sometimes encounter transcends outward appearances. To all outward appearances, he appeared to settle into a post-band life of a cafe owner and general multi-media personality. It is often said that one should not judge by appearances and I whole-heartedly agree. Its impressive external appearance was merely a façade for corruption. If the last twenty-five years had taught him anything it was that outward appearances were wholly untrustworthy. I was a first year medical student when I first realized that outward appearances occasionally belie the truth. To all outward appearances the shop-keeper was unaffected by the incident. To all outward appearances, her sister and brother-in-law treated her well; they were affectionate with her. His appearance is of interest for his fans but it is not of importance. ‘They give the appearance of legal process without any substance,’ he continues. While most shoppers are well dressed and have an affluent appearance about them, you get the impression that the country's rising tide has not lifted all boats. But take the time to talk to him and you realise just how deceptive outward appearances can be. Synonyms impression, air, show, outward show, image 2An act of performing or participating in a public event. 参演，（对公众活动的）参与 he is well-known for his television appearances 他因为演过电视而著名。 Example sentencesExamples His plans include satisfying the public's desire to see the car by allowing it to make appearances at events and shows throughout the UK. The pair are rarely pictured together and avoid joint appearances at public events. Since then she has been making regular television and radio appearances and is regularly hired for public speaking. His public appearances are often jobs for the riot squads. He has made several television appearances and has been a regular performer in recent years at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. In fact, he has supplemented his income by making appearances where he performed magic tricks. In 1818 his orchestral compositions began to make occasional appearances at public concerts. His list of film appearances and co-stars is impressive. This episode was enacted by performers who makes rare appearances in films. In the offseason, you have some time for public appearances and some endorsement-type situations. And with more TV appearances likely, it appears the runaway bride is not going away any time soon. Granted, security is a big concern whenever the president makes a public appearance. Personally, I did a lot of public appearances at the weekends. Performances have also included appearances on both the big and the small screen. There have been few public appearances and no address to the nation on state television. Yet there was the Queen of spin herself, backing the party's credentials by making a cameo appearance on our television screens dressed as a tea lady. If only the script and performances were as impressive as the guest appearances. Television appearances, charity events and photo-shoots have often crowded her schedule. It's just about what happens in the studio or in public appearances. Like it or not, his role requires some public appearances at important events. 3usually in singular An act of becoming visible or noticeable; an arrival. 露面；到来 the sudden appearance of her daughter startled her 她女儿的突然出现吓了她一跳。 Example sentencesExamples The sudden appearance of a foot in front of my face pulled a scream from my throat and the raiders wasted no time in grabbing me and dragging me into the open. The only fun she had that day was running through the newsroom, startling my colleagues with her sudden appearance at their desks. The house has sparked to life with the sudden appearance of Graham, home on an impromptu break. Max opened his mouth to try to smooth it over, but was cut off by the sudden appearance of five burly men blowing through the door to his right, obviously on their way out. His sudden appearances, like the one today, prompted her to accuse him on stalking. Many were killed because a rope might break or because a climber could be startled by the sudden appearance of a furious bird. The disguise serves him while extorting information from a bank officer, then he uses it to deceive his nemesis if he puts in a sudden appearance. I asked with as nonchalant a tone as I could muster, as he jumped angrily at my sudden appearance. The life of two brothers is shattered by the sudden appearance of their father, who they know only from a 10-year-old photograph. Her overly cool voice sailed into the kitchen, announcing her appearance moments before she arrived. Kat hadn't realized that she had arrived home, and was shocked at her sudden appearance. The lack of, and in certain cases, the complete absence of gender equality in our own homes makes its visible appearance in our daily routine. It wasn't the sudden appearance of the cliff, just the fact of being lost. There were previously unheard of projects and homework that made a sudden appearance this morning. The whole scene of a sudden appearance of people had obviously been witnessed by quite a few others. One jarring element was the sudden appearance of guns towards the end of the play, when previously swords were the order of the day. In our sleepy little town where things moved with the soporific gait of undersea vegetation, high fashion made its startling appearance all of a sudden! Groupers hurried away to dark corners and a map angelfish put in a sudden appearance from behind a winch. After the deed is done, the time has arrived for the appearance of the detective. Her eyes opened at this statement, and her beautiful smile made a sudden appearance. Synonyms arrival, advent, coming, coming into view, emergence, materialization, surfacing 3.1 A process of coming into existence or use. 问世，出现，产生，开始被使用 the appearance of the railroad 铁路的问世。 Example sentencesExamples If such laws do exist they indicate something of profound significance - the existence of a logic beyond the material appearance of the Universe. Now the appearance of colour-screen mobile phones has raised new tasks for them. It is difficult to reconstruct in their fullness the ways of light in bazaars before the appearance of electricity. As we age, we most often gauge this process by the appearance of fine and deep wrinkles. Abnormal desquamation results in the appearance of visible scales associated with many pathologic skin conditions. From the very beginnings of life in the sea - the mollusks and trilobites - to the appearance of vertebrates, the author sets the stage for the evolution of sea creatures to land animals, tracing the development of fins to limbs, fish to amphibians and reptiles. So the appearance of the dinosaurs cannot be a direct result of all these extinctions. The first stage of the healing process is the appearance of the sickness. The sudden appearance of an array of conservative politicians on the advisory panels is worrisome. Such a system appears to have come into existence only after the Mississippian emergence and the appearance of chiefs. This constellation represents the sudden appearance of the earth-born giant Typhoeus. Synonyms occurrence, manifestation, development Phrases keep up appearances Maintain an impression of wealth or well-being, typically to hide the true situation. （尤指为了掩饰真实情况而）维持门面，装门面，装体面 Example sentencesExamples My parents, brothers, and sisters would be here, so we had to keep up appearances. An example of a bad peace is keeping up appearances, pretending that everything is fine, when the truth is that it is not. With an overriding mood of boredom, the boys and girls are almost totally incapable of talking to one another, and all their parents worry about is keeping up appearances. They despise each other, but of course must keep up appearances in front of the sensitive young mistress. I hated that I was so worried about keeping up appearances with these people that I was lying to myself. We keep up appearances and avoid what might lead to conflict. It's clear now that these and other types in investment knew what was up, and it was in their best interests to keep up appearances, so they could clean up and get out in time. It is crumbling, but the screen keeps up appearances. It's the diplomatic version of distressed gentlefolk keeping up appearances, making ourselves ridiculous and obnoxious to our real equals, the other Europeans. The only thing expressed in this election was a cry for help from a confused and lost nation, desperate to keep up appearances. make (or put in) an appearance Attend an event briefly, typically out of courtesy. （尤指出于礼节而）短时间到场，露面，亮相 Example sentencesExamples With a host of promising new drivers making an appearance and some marvellous machinery on view, the event seems set for a successful summer. Experience has shown that, if a drug is available in Britain, it's only a matter of time before it puts in an appearance here. It also involves casual activities such as going on a sight-seeing trip or making an appearance at an event - all of which take place in public view and therefore can be easily remembered. Frogs and herons also made an appearance and in spring the otters appeared. Though he failed to make an appearance on that occasion, it can only be a matter of time before he makes his international debut. However, with the crowd reassured that both players would make an appearance on the pitch during the changeover, play got underway. It's only for the children who attend the playschool and Santa is to put in an appearance there also. These often put in an appearance in late summer, and no matter how many times you've seen one, it remains an incredible buzz. The tame bald eagle, brought in for truly patriotic events, made an appearance. Even the local police put in an appearance, arriving to investigate a bogus complaint about the noise. Synonyms arrive, turn up, put in an appearance, make an appearance, come, get here, get there, present oneself to (or by) all appearances As far as can be seen. 就表面看来，就所能看到的情况而言 to all appearances, it had been a normal day 表面上看，那是平常的一天。 Example sentencesExamples At this late date most of the bands are just being cute for its own sake, writing still more songs about having crushes on one another, or deciding, to all appearances, that writing decent songs is no longer even necessary. Now such statements are apparently unconfirmable - to all appearances there is no possible evidence of observation which would count for or against them. That must be the thinking at another bar I was in - suddenly they're everywhere - that has an enclosed but, to all appearances, unventilated ‘smoking lounge.’ A CEO who talks about himself in the third person and who is, to all appearances, a lunatic is not likely to be a very effective leader. So the moral dilemma: do I pay money to find out for myself, thus lining the pockets of someone who has, to all appearances, committed massive scholarly fraud, or do I paddle along in ignorance? I had a similar experience once, finding chunks of an article of mine turning up unattributed, and to all appearances as out of the author's own mouth, in a book I was reading for review. But why the police threatened to arrest a group that, by all appearances, was following the rules, remains unanswered. Southeastern Manitoba - by all appearances - is unique. Although this doesn't make it big by reservoir standards, it does have a serious almost marine feel especially as you park on the beach-like foreshore and the band of shingle has, to all appearances, tidemarks of debris. I can think of a dozen equivalent risks faced by emergency planners that by all appearances still do not occupy the minds of these savants of hind-sight. Synonyms outwardly, externally, on the outside, on the surface, superficially, on the face of it, at first glance, at first sight, to the casual eye, to the casual observer, as far as one can judge, as far as one can see, as far as one can tell, to all intents and purposes, apparently, ostensibly, seemingly, evidently Origin Late Middle English: from Old French aparance, aparence, from late Latin apparentia, from Latin apparere (see appear). noun.1 phr.
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