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  • Conjugation : past  appeared ; pp  appeared ; ing  appearing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

appear [ə'pɪər]
  1. 1. vi. (seem) 看起来
    He appears confident.
    看起来很有信心
  2. 2. vi. (come into view,begin to develop) 出现
    Two men suddenly appeared at the door.
    两个男人突然出现门口
    The flowers appear in early summer.
    这种花开在初夏
  3. 3. vi. (become available) 问世
    New diet books appear every week.
    每周都有新的减肥食谱出售
  4. 4. vi. (in court) 出庭
    to appear to be/have
    看起来是/有
    The aircraft appears to have crashed.
    这架飞机看起来已经坠毁了。
    it appears/it would appear that...
    看起来似乎是…
    to appear in a play/film
    出演电视剧/电影

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

appear [əˈpɪər]
  1. 1. vi. 看来显得
    The cat appeared to be eating a mouse.
    那只猫好像正在吃一只老鼠
    They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time.
    看起来他们像是很长时间没有吃过东西或睡过觉了。
    This appears to be a very difficult problem.
    看上去一个很难处理问题
  2. 2. vi. 出现显现呈现
    A small rat suddenly appeared in the living room.
    一只小老鼠突然出现客厅中。
    He suddenly appeared at the wedding.
    突然出现婚礼上。
    A new star appeared on the horizon.
    一颗新星地平线出现了。
  3. 3. vi. 发表出版
    That news article appeared last week.
    那则新闻发表上星期
    Did your latest book appear yet?
    最新一本出版了吗?
  4. 4. vi. 似乎是;显然是,显而易见
    It appears that the wedding will go through as planned.
    看来婚礼将会按计划进行
    It appears that the weather in California is very bad.
    看起来加利福尼亚天气很坏。
  5. 5. vi. 出现产生
    Mildew appeared on the fruit left outside.
    放在外面水果出现霉菌
    Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago.
    智人在数百万年前就出现了。
  6. 6. vi. 表演
    He appeared on stage for a brief moment.
    登台时间非常短。
    Gielgud appears briefly in this movie.
    吉尔古德在这部电影中有简短露面
    She appeared in 'Hamlet' on the London stage.
    出现在了伦敦舞台上演的《哈姆雷特》中。
  7. 7. vi. [Law] 出庭到庭
    He appeared in court for the traffic violations.
    由于交通违章出庭
    He had to appear in court last month.
    他上个月不得不出庭作证
    She appeared on several charges of theft.
    她被指控与多起盗窃案有关
  8. 8. vi. 露面到场来到

Collins English-English Dictionary

appear [ə'pɪə]
  1. 1. vi. [intr] to come into sight or view
  2. 2. vi. [copula; may take an infinitive] to seem or look
    the evidence appears to support you
  3. 3. vi. to be plain or clear, as after further evidence, etc
    it appears you were correct after all
  4. 4. vi. to develop or come into being; occur
    faults appeared during testing
  5. 5. vi. to become publicly available; be published
    his biography appeared last month
  6. 6. vi. to perform or act
    he has appeared in many London productions
  7. 7. vi. to be present in court before a magistrate or judge
    he appeared on two charges of theft
  8. 8. vi. [Etymology] C13: from Old French aparoir, from Latin apparere to become visible, attend upon, from parere to appear

Examples

to appear to be in good health
显得健康
My name will appear on the first page of the book.
我的名字会出现在这本书的第一页上。
Carl is going to appear in court next month as witness.
卡尔下月将出庭作证。
People who don't know me say that I appear very snobbish, but it's just because I'm shy.
不了解我的人都说我看起来很势利,其实那是因为我害羞。
I have no idea of how it must appear, but it shouldn't be that nice.
我不知道它应该是什么样,但应该没那么好。

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