appear
/əˈpɪə(r); ə`pɪr/ v
1 [I]
(a) come into view; become visible 出现; 显现; 呈现
A ship appeared on the horizon. 船出现在水平线上.
A light appeared at the end of the tunnel. 隧道的尽头露出了亮光.
A rash has appeared on his body. 他身上出现了丘疹.
(b) arrive 来到
He promised to be here at four o'clock but didn't appear until six. 他答应四点钟来, 可是六点钟才到. 2[I]
(a) present oneself publicly or formally 公开或正式露面
The tenor soloist is unable to appear tonight because of illness. 男高音独唱者因病今晚不能演出.
I have to appear in court on a charge of drunken driving. 我被控告醉酒驾驶而要出庭受审.
(b) act as a counsel in a lawcourt （作为辩护人）出庭
appear for the defendant/prosecution 为被告[原告]出庭辩护.
3 [I] (of a book or an article) be published or printed （指书或文章）发表或出版
His new book will be appearing in the spring. 他的新著将於春季问世.
The news appeared next day on the front page. 那则消息次日刊登在头版上了.
4 [La, Ln, I, It]
give the impression of being or doing sth; seem 显得; 好像; 似乎
The streets appeared deserted. 街上似乎行人绝迹.
Don't make him appear a fool. 别把他弄得像个傻子似的.
She appears to have many friends. 她好像有很多朋友.
There appears to have been/It appears that there has been a mistake. 看来一直就有错.
You appear to have made/It appears that you have made a mistake. 似乎你弄错了.
`Has he been found guilty?' `It appears so/not.' ‘是他被判有罪吗?’‘好像是[不是].’
5 (idm 习语) it appears/appeared as if.../as though... the impression is/was given that... 看来; 似乎
It appears as if she's lost interest in her job. 看来她对自己的工作已失去兴趣. appear, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
The two pairs of synonyms appear/seem and happen/chance are intransitive verbs and are not generally used in the continuous tenses. *appear/seem和happen/chance 这两对同义词都是不及物动词, 一般不用於进行时态. They are commonly used in these two patterns 这四个词通常用於以下两种句型:
1 It appears/seems that he's resigned. 好像他已经辞职了.
It happened/chanced that she spoke fluent Swahili. 偏巧她很会说斯瓦希里语.
2 He appears/seems to have resigned. 他好像已经辞职了.
She happened/chanced to speak fluent Swahili. 她偏巧很会说斯瓦希里语. Chance is more formal than happen. *happen比chance更多用於口语. Appear and seem are used in a variety of other patterns *appear和seem还可用於其它多种句型
She appeared/seemed very confident. 她显得很自信.
`Are they reliable?' `It appears/seems not.' ‘他们可靠吗?’‘似乎不太可靠.’
`It's going to rain.' `So it appears/seems.' ‘要下雨了.’‘看样子像.’ So is often used for emphasis with happen/chance 为加强语气, so常与happen/chance连用
It so happened/chanced that I'd met her a few years before. 碰巧我几年前见过她.