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Semblance Normality False 英 Sembləns] 美 Sembləns N.假象;类似;外观;假装;外表 Disappeared

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
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[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 of n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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。

  • 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。

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