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Semblance Appearing Meaning Attested 13618.Semblance 英 Sembləns]美 Sɛmbləns

正面 13618.semblance
英 ['sembləns]美 ['sɛmbləns]

背面
释义:
n. 外貌;假装;类似
例句:
1. 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。

1、sembl- + -ance.2、含义:fact of appearing to view, likeness, appearance.
semblance 表象,假象,外观来自古法语 sembler,看起来,来自(异化自)拉丁语 simulare,模仿,词源同 same,similar.引 申诸相关词义。
semblancesemblance: see similarsemblance (n.)c. 1300, "fact of appearing to view," from Old French semblance, from semblant "likeness, appearance," present participle of sembler "to seem, appear," from Latin simulare "to resemble, imitate," from similis "like" (see similar (adj.)). Meaning "person's appearance or demeanor" is attested from c. 1400; that of "false, assumed or deceiving appearance" is from 1590s. Meaning "person or thing that resembles another" is attested from 1510s."

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