appears; appeared; appearing
appears; appeared; appearing
Learner's definition of APPEAR
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[linking verb] somewhat formal : to seem to be something : to make someone think that a person or thing has a particular characteristic : look, seem看来好像；似乎 -
She appears angry.她面带怒容。
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“Is she angry?” “So it appears.” = “So it would appear.” = “It appears so.”“她生气了？”“看上去是这样。”
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“Is she pleased?” “It appears not.” = “It would appear not.”“她高兴吗？”“似乎不高兴。”
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She appears a nice enough person.她看来是个很好的人。
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Although everything appeared normal to me [=although I thought everything was normal], something was wrong.尽管我认为一切正常，但还是有地方出了问题。
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Winning the election appears unlikely at this point.此刻赢得选举似乎不大可能。
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Things are not always as they appear. [=they are not always what you think they are]事情并不总是像你想象的那样。
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It appears to us [=we think] that something should be done.我们认为应当采取行动。
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often followed by to + verb常接动词不定式 -
She appeared to be angry.她好像生气了。
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She appears to be a nice enough person.她看来是个很好的人。
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Everyone appeared to have a good time. = They all appeared to enjoy themselves.每个人似乎都玩得很开心。
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[no object] : to become visible : to begin to be seen出现；呈现；显现 -
One by one, the stars appeared in the sky.星星逐个在天空闪现。
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The sun began to appear from behind the clouds.太阳开始从云层后面露出。
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The airplanes seemed to appear out of nowhere.这些飞机不知从何处突然飞来。
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Her grandfather often appears to her in her dreams. [=she often sees her grandfather in her dreams]她的祖父经常出现在她的梦中。
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The storm disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared.暴风雨来去匆匆。
— opposite disappear 3
[no object] : to arrive at a place : to show up来到；出现；出席 -
The cat appears at our kitchen door every morning.这只猫每天早上都会出现在我们的厨房门口。
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One of the guests appeared a few minutes late.其中一位客人来晚了几分钟。
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He appeared a little before eight last night.昨晚快八点时他出现了。
— opposite disappear 4
[no object] : to begin to exist开始存在；开始产生 — opposite disappear 5
[no object] : to be seen or heard by the public露面；出席： such as
a : to go where you can be seen to give a speech, answer questions, etc.露面；演讲 —
often + before b : to work as an actor or performer in a movie, on the radio, etc.（公开地）演出 -
The two actors appeared [=performed] together in the film.两位演员在这部电影里同台献艺。
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He has appeared on many radio and television shows.他已经在多部广播剧和电视剧中演出。
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She appeared in her first Broadway musical last year.她去年首次在百老汇音乐剧中演出。
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Several guest musicians appeared on his latest album.几位特邀音乐家出现在他的最新专辑里。
c : to be published or made available to the public出版；问世 —
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We got a lot of phone calls after the story appeared in the newspaper.这一报道在报纸上登出后我们接到了许多电话。
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Her papers have appeared in several different scientific journals.她的论文发表在几家不同的科学期刊上。
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The book appeared in print [=was published] again a few years ago.这本书几年前再版过。
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The word first appeared in print in 1782.这个单词于1782年首次被刊印出来。
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[no object] : to go in front of a person or group that has authority (such as a judge or council) especially in order to answer questions出庭；到案；应诉 -
I appeared in front of the committee during its last meeting.我在委员会最后一次会议期间出席。
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She was instructed to appear in court the next morning.她被要求第二天早上出庭。
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She appeared before the judge.她出庭受审。
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He will be appearing as a witness at the trial.他将作为证人在审讯时出庭。