semblance

英 [ˈsembləns] 美 [ˈsembləns]

n.  表象; 假象; 外观; 外貌

复数:semblances

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Collins.1 / BNC.13871 / COCA.13183



牛津词典

noun

  1. 表象;假象;外观;外貌
    a situation in which sth seems to exist although this may not, in fact, be the case
    1. The ceasefire brought about a semblance of peace.
      停火协定带来了表面的和平。
    2. Life at last returned to some semblance of normality.
      生活似乎终于恢复了正常。

柯林斯词典

  1. N-UNCOUNT 假象;表象;外观
    If there is a semblance of a particular condition or quality, it appears to exist, even though this may be a false impression.
    1. At least a semblance of normality has been restored to parts of the country...
      该国的部分地区至少已经恢复了表面的常态。
    2. They had nursed Peter back to some semblance of health.
      在他们的照料下,彼得貌似恢复了健康。

双语例句

  1. A semblance of normality has returned with people going to work and shops reopening.
    随着人们开始上班,商店重新开张,表面上一切又恢复了正常。
  2. At least a semblance of normality has been restored to parts of the country
    该国的部分地区至少已经恢复了表面的常态。
  3. They had nursed Peter back to some semblance of health.
    在他们的照料下,彼得貌似恢复了健康。
  4. I forced out some semblance of a tune and fled the stage in tears.
    我挤出了一小段不伦不类的调子,满眼泪水逃离了舞台。
  5. Your mother bears the semblance of yourself.
    你的母亲,会有你的相似之处。
  6. I am a very good woman, thanked the Heaven to give me one to be able the semblance which matched with the mind.
    我是一个非常善良的女人,感谢上苍给了我一个能和心灵相匹配的外表。
  7. Keep the things that you use everyday in some semblance of organization and your routines will go smoother.
    把你每天用的东西有序地放在一起,这样你的日常事务就会进行得很顺利。
  8. At least put forth a semblance of effort when you scrub the floor.
    当你擦地板时至少能表现出努力的样子。
  9. He was executed without even the semblance of a fair trial.
    甚至连有点像样的公正审判都没有,他就被处死了。
  10. It would be what they describe as the uncanny semblance between owners and their pets.
    这样的话就应证了那句“狗和主人长得离奇般的相似”。
  11. It is in the attraction of opposites that some semblance of wholeness can occur.
    在对立的吸引中,某些整体性的肖像能出现。
  12. Wealth can often purchase not only the semblance of love but its reality.
    财富通常不仅能够买来爱情的外表,还能买来爱情的真谛。
  13. Many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality; a perverted translation of the poem.
    许多事实都被曲解了,而且作出了看起来真实的伪装;对诗歌歪曲的翻译。
  14. There are piles of papers all over the desk with no semblance of order.
    桌子上堆满了一堆堆杂乱无章的文件。
  15. In the most intensely turbulent flows, we can often discern a semblance of order through the disorder of the eddies.
    对大多数强烈湍流,往往可以透过旋涡的混乱看出一种井然有序的外表。
  16. He was sad, but his face had the semblance of a smile.
    他很伤心,但脸上露出微笑的表情。
  17. They can manifest a semblance of one to help you adjust if needed.
    如果你有需要,他们可以显现出一个外貌来使你适应。
  18. He escaped under the semblance of a university student.
    他装成一个大学生逃跑了。
  19. With them goes the last semblance of law and order.
    他们一走,法律和秩序也都跟他们一起走了。
  20. On the surface, a semblance of calm has returned.
    表面上,市场又恢复了风平浪静。
  21. The debate soon lost all semblance of rationality.
    辩论很快就完全失去了理性。
  22. This news was a significant blow to the semblance of improvement in general sentiment regarding the credit crisis.
    这一消息对当前表面有所改善的信贷危机而言,是一个重大的冲击。
  23. He tried to restore some semblance of normality to their home life.
    他力图使他们的家庭生活恢复正常。
  24. The fashion calls popularly, is to one semblance behavior patternadvocation way.
    时尚又称流行,是对一种外表行为模式的崇尚方式。
  25. Unfortunately, leaders have repeatedly failed to reach any semblance of consensus on a lasting solution to the crisis.
    不幸的是,在对危机的持久解决方案达成像样的一致意见上,欧洲领导人一再失败。
  26. It is cool, but it kiboshes any semblance of sincerity.
    这非常棒,但这也撕碎了诚意的衣裳。
  27. Healthy personality, beautiful semblance, optimistic disposition, careful concern, sincere and compassion, responsibility and duty, quality and self-control, intrinsic and external, I thought all these, regarding us all are the equally important.
    健康的人格、美丽的外表、乐观的性格、细微的关怀、真诚与爱心、责任与义务、素质与涵养,内在与外在,我想这一切对于我们来说都是同等的重要。
  28. It was not until the early 1840s that a semblance of confidence in business was restored.
    直到十九世纪四十年代初,才恢复了对商业的表面信任。
  29. Those clouds have the semblance of a large head.
    那些云的形状像一个巨大的人头。
  30. The hope is that all this can happen with some semblance of order.
    我们的希望是,这一切都能够在某种有序的外表下发生。

英英释义

noun

  1. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

      Synonym:    likeness

    1. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
      1. he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
      2. he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
      3. the situation soon took on a different color

      Synonym:    glosscolorcolour

    2. an erroneous mental representation

        Synonym:    illusion