appear

单词辨析:

appear arise emerge loom show 【导航词义:出现】
appear v. 出现,亮相
〔辨析〕

强调进入视野为人所见,也指公开露面为公众所看见。

〔例证〕

A warship appeared near the harbour.

一艘军舰出现在港口附近。

She appeared on the stage.

她在舞台上亮相。

She appeared on national television.

她曾上过全国性电视节目。

arise v. 出现
〔辨析〕

多指问题、困境等出现。

〔例证〕

Difficulties arose in his work.

他工作中出现了困难。

A crisis has arisen in the Foreign Office.

外交部出现了危机。

emerge v. 出现,显露
〔辨析〕

指从某个掩蔽处出现或摆脱遮挡物而被看见,强调缓缓出现的过程,常后接介词 from。

〔例证〕

The sun emerged from behind the clouds.

太阳从云层后面露出来了。

A submarine emerged from the sea.

一艘潜艇浮出海面。

When we look a bit deeper, problems begin to emerge.

我们探讨得再深入一点就发现,问题开始出现了。

loom v. 隐约出现
〔辨析〕

尤指轮廓不清、令人惊恐地隐现。

〔例证〕

A boat loomed out of the fog.

雾中隐隐现出一艘小船。

An island loomed on the horizon.

一座岛屿赫然出现在地平线上。

show v. 显现,显出
〔辨析〕

语气较强,强调明显地表现出来。

〔例证〕

Her worry showed in her eyes.

她的眼神显露出忧愁。

Spain's economy began to show signs of recovery.

西班牙的经济开始显露出复苏的迹象。

look appear seem 【导航词义:看似,看起来】
look link v. 看似,看上去
〔辨析〕

侧重由视觉得出某种印象,后接 as if 引导的表语从句时常可与 seem 换用。

〔例证〕

He looks pale.

他看上去脸色苍白。

He looks like a doctor.

他看上去像个大夫。

He looked/seemed as if he hadn't slept for a week.

他看上去好像一星期没有睡觉了。

appear link v. 似乎,看来
〔辨析〕

尤指从所知或所见得到某种印象,常后接动词不定式或 that 引导的表语从句,常可与 seem 换用。

〔例证〕

He appears/seems unhappy.

他看起来不高兴。

Police said that there appeared/seemed to be signs of a break-in.

警方称似乎有破门而入的迹象。

It appears/seems that he killed the man.

似乎是他杀了这个男人。

seem link v. 看来,好像
〔辨析〕

侧重指由主观看法得出判断,但暗示有一定的依据。

〔例证〕

It seems like it's going to rain.

天好像要下雨。

Our coach seems like an energetic person.

我们教练似乎是一个精力充沛的人。

The kids seem unaffected emotionally by their parents' divorce.

孩子们在情绪上似乎并未受到父母离婚的影响。

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If she doesn't appear this time, then she won't have any excuse.

如果她这次又不来,她便没有什么藉口了。

A woman appeared at the far end of the street

一个女人远远出现在街的尽头。

The presidency is beginning to appear a political irrelevance

总统一职似乎正在沦为政治上的摆设。

The rebels appear to be making hit-and-run guerrilla style attacks on military targets.

叛乱分子似乎是在对军事目标实施打了就跑的游击式攻击。

Slogans have appeared on walls around the city.

标语已出现在全城周围的墙上。

He is anxious to appear a gentleman

他急于想表现得像个绅士。