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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

看来 [kànlái]
  1. 1. verb seem
    看来好多了。
    She seems much better.
    看来是个好主意。
    That seems like a good idea.
    看来他不想来了。
    It seems he didn't want to come.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

看来 [kànlái]
  1. 1. it seems (or appears); it looks as if
    看来他还没有拿定主意。
    Evidently he has not made up his mind yet.
    这活儿看来今天可以做完。
    It looks as if we'll be able to finish this job today.
  2. 2. adverb now

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

看来 [kànlái]
  1. 1. 表示说话人对情况的大概估计。多在句子中充当插入成分
    看来,这事不好办
    看来还没下决心。也说看起来。

Examples

太闷热了,看来要变天。
The weather is bound to change soon, it's so close. 变天
这活儿看来今天可以做完。
It looks as if we'll be able to finish this job today. 看来
看来他还没有拿定主意。
Evidently he has not made up his mind yet. 看来
这女孩看来是个游泳的好苗苗
The girl is showing great promise as a swimmer.
困难看来少不了。
It looks as if there are going to be a lot of difficulties. 少不了
在我看来,她这样处理真是天公地道。
In my opinion, the way she disposed of the matter was perfectly fair and reasonable. 天公地道
两国的边界争端看来没有调和的余地。
There seems to be no room for compromise in the border dispute between the two countries. 调和
看来这段译文不十分妥帖。
That doesn't seem to be an apt translation. 妥帖
这座桥看来很不稳,行人都望而却步。
The bridge looked so unsafe that the travellers all hung back in fear. 望而却步
看来天气还会冷下去。
It seems it will get even colder. 下去

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