| 英语单词 | semblance |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['sembləns] 美 ['sembləns] |
| 中文释义 | n.假象;类似;外观;假装;外表 |
| 英语例句 | (1) By now any semblance of normality had disappeared. (2) Your mother bears the semblance of yourself. (3) Those clouds have the semblance of a large head. (4) He escaped under the semblance of a university student. (5) He was sad, but his face had the semblance of a smile. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 到了现在,任何常态的假象都消失了。 (2) 你的母亲有你的相似之处。 (3) 那些云的形状像一个巨大的人头。 (4) 他装成一个大学生逃跑了。 (5) 他很伤心,但脸上露出微笑的表情。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Semblance is all about illusion. Cramming all of your dirty clothes into the closet gives the semblance, or false appearance, that you've done your laundry — but the stench might give you away. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Semblance comes from the 14th-century French word for "resemble," and it is a noun for things that look one way on the outside but are very different on the inside. A popular combination is to say that a person or place has the "semblance of order," when, underneath, everything is out of control. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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. [N [FORMAL 正式]
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