semblance
/ˈsembləns/noun
mass noun
1- the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different外表, 外形（尤指假象）：
she tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order.
她试图理清自己的思绪。
1.1
- archaic resemblance; similarity〈古〉相似之处; 类似：
it bears some semblance to the thing I have in mind.
它与我所想的有些共同之处。
词源
Middle English: from Old French, from sembler 'seem', from Latin similare, simulare 'simulate'.