semblance
英 ['sembləns]
美 ['sɛmbləns]
助記提示
1、sembl- + -ance.
2、含義：fact of appearing to view, likeness, appearance.
中文詞源
semblance 表象，假象，外觀來自古法語 sembler,看起來，來自（異化自）拉丁語 simulare,模仿，詞源同 same,similar.引 申諸相關詞義。
英文詞源
- semblance
- semblance: see similar
- semblance (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.
雙語例句
- 1. They had nursed Peter back to some semblance of health.
- 在他們的照料下，彼得貌似恢複了健康。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The ceasefire brought about a semblance of peace.
- 停火協定帶來了表麵的和平。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. He tried to restore some semblance of normality to their home life.
- 他力圖使他們的家庭生活恢複正常.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. By now any semblance of normality had disappeared.
- 到了現在,任何常態的假象都消失了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Her semblance of anger frightened the children.
- 她生氣的樣子使孩子們感到害怕.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》