v.  似乎，好像，看来

v. （尤指突然）出现；呈现 ≠ disappear

v.  演出，露面，亮相

v.  出庭；出席

• appearance

  n.  外表；外观

  n.  露面；演出

  n.  首次出现[使用]；问世

  n.  出庭；出席

• appear to be sth

• appear to do sth

• appear in a film/play  参演

• appear for sb/on behalf of sb  代表某人出庭

• appearance money/fee  出场费

• keep up appearances 

  保持体面，维持面子；装样子

• for appearances’ sake/for the sake of appearances  为了面子的关系

• The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how transformative the shift to driverless cars could be.

  态度看起来没有什么变化

• Such an organization does a lot in training workshops in special media, crafts marketing techniques, crafts fairs and sales, festivals, TV appearances and demonstrations. 在电视中亮相

• Teachers are not people who are great at and consumed by research and happen to appear in a classroom. 恰巧出现

• He became one of the first modern chefs to focus on the appearance of his table, not just the flavor of his dishes.

  桌子上食物的外观

• It appears that all the files have been deleted. 看来所有文件都已被删除。

• He tried hard to appear calm.

  他努力让自己显得镇静。

• Small cracks appeared in the wall.

  墙上出现了小裂缝。

• Sir Nicholas Gammon QC appeared on behalf of the defendant.

  御用大律师尼古拉斯·甘蒙爵士代表被告出庭。

• We are often attracted to somebody first by their physical appearance.

  我们经常先被一个人的外貌吸引。

• You shouldn’t judge by appearances.

  你不该以貌取人。

• It was his first public appearance since the election. 这是选举后他首次公开露面。

• The industry has changed greatly with the appearance of new technologies. 新技术问世后，这一行业出现了天翻地覆的变化。

• He is due to make another court appearance on Monday. 星期一，他将再次出庭。

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