appears
基本解释
- vi.出现；出版；显得；好像；登场
词源解说
- 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的aparoir，意为显现；最初源自拉丁语的apparere：ad （去） + perere (看得见的）。
用法辨析
- appear的基本含义有二：一是“出现”“到达”,指出席或在公共场所露面,也指可以看见或变得清晰起来,较少意味着具有确切地具体的背景或出处。引申为“出演”“出版”“面世”。appear作此解时,是不及物动词,其后常有时间、地点等状语。appear的另一个意思是“似乎”“显得”“看起来好像”,含有因视觉误差、观点限制或他人掩饰而得到的印象与事实并不一定相符的味道。appear作此解时,主要用作系动词,也可用作不及物动词。
- appear用作系动词,接“to be+ n./adj. ” 或者介词短语、动词不定式或as if/though引导的从句, to be可以省略。当形容词是表语形容词时, to be不可省略。
- appear用作系动词的句子中可插入to sb,在强调时可移至句首。
- 在以动词不定式或that从句作主语时,一般须以it作形式主语,置于句首,而将该动词不定式或that从句置于appear之后。
- appear可用于存在句型(There ～s/ ～ed ),相当于不及物动词be。
- appear作为表示状态的动词,通常不用于进行体,而须用于一般时态。
- appear是表示感觉的系动词,可用于转移否定结构,即句中的否定虽然出现在主句的谓语部分,但否定范围却不在主句谓语动词本身,而是转移到句子末端的宾语、状语或其他成分上。
- appear为不及物动词，I have read the article on Japanese economy appeared in yesterday's paper. 应在appeared前加that/which，否则表述不正确。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- He promised to be here at four, but didn't appear until six.
他答应四点钟到,但六点钟才来。 - It appears that you're right.
看来你是对的。 - There appears to be several reasons for changing our plan.
看来改变我们的计划有几个理由。 - He appeared to be about fifty years of age.
他看起来大约50岁。 - He appeared quite well when I saw him last.
我上次见到他时,他好像(显得)很健康。 - He appeared taken aback.
他显得很吃惊。 - The aeroplane appeared as a small speck in the sky.
那架飞机在高空像个小黑点。 - He appeared to be talking to himself.
他似乎是在自言自语。 - There appears growing evidence to the contrary.
愈来愈有证据说明情况正好相反。 - It appears to be very unnatural that he should speak on her behalf.
他既然代表她讲话,看来这是很反常的。 - It appeared unlikely for them to arrive on time.
看来他们不太可能准时到达了。 - It appears to me as if he will win.
据我看,他好像能赢。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
It ～s/～ed (to sb+)that-clause
There ～s/～ed...
用作系动词: S+～+(to be) n.
S+～+(to be) adj.
S+～+ v -ed
S+～+ prep. -phrase
S+～+to- v
S+～+ v -ing
It ～s/～ed+(to be) n./adj. +that-clause
It ～s/～ed+(to be) n./adj. +to- v
S+～+(to sb+) as if-clause
词组短语
- appear a fool 显得像个白痴
- appear different 看起来不同
- appear healthy 看起来健康
- appear sad 显得悲哀
- appear anonymously 匿名发表
- appear conspicuously 引人注目地露面
- appear distinctly 清晰地出现