/əpæˈrəntli/ Pronounced /əpæˈrəntli/, apparently is an adverb that can mean "it is said" or "it seems." It is used to indicate that information heard is not definitively true, or to describe something that appears to be the case but is not certain.
[ADV 副词]据说；未必真实地 You use apparently to indicate that the information you are giving is something that you have heard, but you are not certain that it is true.
[ADV with cl/group]
[vagueness]
Apparently the girls are not at all amused by the whole business...
据说女孩们觉得整件事情一点也不好笑。
Oil prices fell this week to their lowest level in fourteen months, apparently because of over-production.
据说因为产量过剩，这个星期石油价格跌至14个月以来的最低点。
2
[ADV 副词]好像；似乎；看来 You use apparently to refer to something that seems to be true, although you are not sure whether it is or not.
[ADV with cl/group]
The recent deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession...
看似永无止境的经济衰退导致了最近的恶化。
Rudolph said no more. Apparently he was a man of few words.
鲁道夫没再说话。看来他是个寡言少语的人。
Oxford
ap·par·ent·ly★AWL/əˈpærəntli; NAmEəˈpærəntli/adverbaccording to what you have heard or read; according to the way sth appears 据…所知；看来；显然◆Apparently they are getting spanorced soon.看样子，他们很快就要离婚。◆I thought she had retired, but apparently she hasn't.我原以为她退休了，但显然她还没有退。◆He paused, apparently lost in thought.他停顿下来，显然陷入了沉思。ap·par·ent·ly/əˈpærəntli; NAmEəˈpærəntli/
1[sentence adverb] used to say that you have heard that something is true, although you are not completely sure about it: Apparently the company is losing a lot of money. I wasn’t there, but apparently it went well.2according to the way someone looks or a situation appears, although you cannot be sure: She turned to face him, her anger apparently gone.
WDF
apparently
[əˈpærəntli]
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似乎(43%)，表面上(41%)，显然(16%)
adv.显然地；似乎，表面上
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