1. 出现，露面，出场，来到
2. 出版，发表
3. 出庭，到案
4. 演出
5. 似乎，（看来）好像
6. 显露，露出，显得，显现，呈现，变得明显
7. 陈列
8. 产生
9. 抵达
10. 广播
11. 起源
12. 首次使用

1. vi. 出现,显现 come and be seen
2. vi. 显得,似乎 seem
3. vi. 产生,出版 produce; be published

1. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect;

   "She seems to be sleeping"
   "This appears to be a very difficult problem"
   "This project looks fishy"
   "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
   

2. come into sight or view;

   "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"
   "A new star appeared on the horizon"
   

3. be issued or published;

   "Did your latest book appear yet?"
   "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"
   

4. seem to be true, probable, or apparent;

   "It seems that he is very gifted"
   "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
   

5. come into being or existence, or appear on the scene;

   "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"
   "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"
   

6. appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.;

   "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"
   "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"
   

7. present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority;

   "He had to appear in court last month"
   "She appeared on several charges of theft"
   

1.好像;似乎;看来
If you say that somethingappears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.

e.g. There appears to be increasing support for the leadership to take a more aggressive stance...
好像有越来越多的人支持领导层采取更为强势的立场。
e.g. The aircraft appears to have crashed near Katmandu...
飞机似乎在加德满都附近坠毁了。

2.看起来；显得
If someone or somethingappears to have a particular quality or characteristic, they give the impression of having that quality or characteristic.

e.g. She did her best toappear more self-assured than she felt...
她竭力让自己表现得比实际更自信。
e.g. He is anxious toappear a gentleman...
他急于想表现得像个绅士。

3.出现；显现
When someone or somethingappears, they move into a position where you can see them.

appear

e.g. A woman appeared at the far end of the street...
一个女人远远出现在街的尽头。
e.g. Last night some of the prisoners appeared on the roof.
昨晚，其中几个犯人出现在房顶上。

4.开始存在；产生
When something newappears, it begins to exist or reaches a stage of development where its existence can be noticed.

e.g. ...small white flowers whichappear in early summer...
初夏时绽放的白色小花
e.g. Slogans have appeared on walls around the city.
标语已出现在全城周围的墙上。

5.（书籍等）出版，发表，问世
When something such as a bookappears, it is published or becomes available for people to buy.

e.g. I could hardly wait for 'Boys' World' toappear each month.
每个月我都翘首期盼着《男孩世界》的出版。
e.g. ...a poem which appeared in his last collection of verse.
发表在他最后一部诗集中的一首诗

6.演出；出场；表演
When someoneappears in something such as a play, a show, or a television programme, they take part in it.

appear什么意思

e.g. Jill Bennett became John Osborne's fourth wife, and appeared in several of his plays...
吉尔·本内特成为了约翰·奥斯本的第四任妻子，并参演过他的几部戏剧。
e.g. Student leaders appeared on television to ask for calm.
学生领袖出现在电视上请求大家保持冷静。

7.出庭；到案
When someoneappears before a court of law orbefore an official committee, they go there in order to answer charges or to give information as a witness.

e.g. Two other executives appeared at Worthing Magistrates' Court charged with tax fraud...
又有两个经理因偷税漏税指控被传唤到沃辛治安法庭。
e.g. The American willappear before members of the disciplinary committee at Portman Square.
那个美国人将在波特曼广场接受纪律委员会成员的审问。

1. 出现：汉语中有些动词在及物方面对英语是起正迁移作用的,如买(buy)、看见(see)、抓住(seize)等等都是作及物动词,笑(laugh)、走(go)等等都用作不及物动词,而有些动词却是起负迁移作用的,如发生(happen或take place)、出现(appear)等等,汉语中它们常可作为及物动词来使用,

2. 看起来：但通过快速的任务切换,一个多任务操作系统可以使它看起来(appear)好像每个任务并行执行一样. 这可以下面的示意图来描述(depicted). 它显示了有关(with respect to)时间的3个任务的执行模式. 任务名用颜色标注出来,写在左手边.

1. He promised to be here at four, but didn't appear until six.
   他答应四点钟到,但六点钟才来。
2. The boy suddenly appeared from under the bed.
   小男孩突然从床下钻出来。
3. We expected him, but he never appeared.
   我们等他,他却一直没来。
4. They both appeared for the entrance examination.
   他们两人都参加了入学考试。
5. Talk of the devil and he'll appear.
   说鬼,鬼就来了。
6. A ship appeared near the harbour.
   一艘船出现在港口附近。
7. The sun appeared from behind the clouds.
   太阳从云层后面露出脸来。
8. When we reached the top of the hill, the town appeared below us.
   当我们到达山顶时,市镇就呈现在我们脚下。
9. This magazine will appear fortnightly.
   这杂志将两周出一期。
10. The works appeared first as a serial in a newspaper.
    那部作品最初是在一家报纸上连载的。
11. Mary appeared in her best dress.
    玛丽穿着她最好的衣服出现了。
12. He appeared in full dress.
    他穿着礼服到场。

1. It appears that you're right.
   看来你是对的。
2. It appeared that he had a taste for music.
   看来他对音乐还有一定的鉴赏力。
3. It appears everybody is well prepared.
   看来人人都准备好了。
4. He was taking them to the exhibition, it appeared.
   他看来是准备带他们去看展览会。
5. Very soon it began to appear that the research was not progressing smoothly.
   不久就显露出来这项研究进展得不顺利。
6. Now it appears to me that he may play an important role in settling the problem.
   在我看来,他可能在解决这个问题中起重要作用。
7. It appears to me that something has gone wrong with the election.
   依我看,这次选举似乎出了毛病。

1. There appears to be several reasons for changing our plan.
   看来改变我们的计划有几个理由。
2. There appeared to be only one room.
   看来只有一个房间。
3. There appeared to have cropped up some difficulties in the management of the school.
   在学校管理方面看来曾经出现过一些困难。

1. He appeared to be about fifty years of age.
   他看起来大约50岁。
2. This appears (to be)an important matter.
   这看来是件重要的事情。
3. It appears (to be) a true story.
   它好像是一个真实的故事。
4. This appears an urgent problem.
   这看来是一个紧迫的问题。
5. The question appeared to him one of such importance that he decided to do something about it.
   那个问题在他看来非常重要,他决定采取措施加以解决。
6. The rocket appeared about 12 to 15 feet in diameter.
   火箭直径似乎有12到15英尺。

1. He appeared quite well when I saw him last.
   我上次见到他时,他好像(显得)很健康。
2. They appeared tired and panic-stricken.
   他们看起来很疲倦,而且显得惊慌失措。
3. The room appeared much brighter than usual .
   这屋子看来比平时亮得多。
4. The apple appeared sound on the outside, but it was rotten inside.
   这个苹果外表看起来很好,但里边已烂了。
5. That appears very plausible.
   那似乎很合理。
6. I appear to you rich and fortunate.
   在你看来,我很富,且很幸运。
7. Their conversation appeared to him thoroughly dull.
   他们的谈话他听来感到非常没意思。
8. To me her new bicycle doesn't appear so good as her earlier one.
   依我看,她的新自行车没有她旧的好。
9. He appears (to be) young.
   他显得年轻。
10. He appears (to be) very intelligent.
    他看来很聪明。
11. He appeared (to be) discouraged.
    看来他灰心丧气了。
12. This slum appeared to be endless.
    这个贫民窟似乎没有边际。
13. He appeared to be afraid.
    他似乎很害怕。
14. The baby appeared to be asleep.
    这个婴儿好像睡着了。
15. The baby doesn't appear to be awake.
    那婴儿看上去似乎还没醒。
16. He appeared to be very friendly with us.
    他对我们显得很友好。
17. She appeared to be very fond of it.
    她看来很喜欢它。
18. He appeared to be very sorry about it.
    关于此事他显得很难过。
19. Their offer appears to be the most attractive.
    他们的出价看来是最有吸引力的。

1. He appeared taken aback.
   他显得很吃惊。
2. He appeared perplexed.
   他显得迷惑不解。
3. They appeared amused by the story.
   他们听了这故事显得很高兴的样子。

1. The aeroplane appeared as a small speck in the sky.
   那架飞机在高空像个小黑点。
2. From the air, the city appears as one stretch after another of dense greens with buildings set among them.
   从飞机上看,这座城市像是一片接一片葱郁的树林,一幢幢楼房点缀其中。
3. He tried to appear at his ease.
   他装出安详的样子。
4. The two impostors tried to appear at their ease.
   两个骗子装出安然无事的样子。

1. He appeared to be talking to himself.
   他似乎是在自言自语。
2. They appeared to be avoiding him.
   他们像是在躲着他。
3. She appeared not to notice anything.
   她似乎没看见什么。
4. You appear to have travelled a lot.
   看来你到过不少地方。
5. She appeared not to have heard what he had said.
   她似乎没有听见他的话。
6. He appears to want to leave.
   他似乎想离去。
7. He appears to have a lot of friends.
   他好像有很多朋友。
8. He, who appeared to have a cold, gave such a very loud snort.
   他似乎感冒了,打了一个很响的喷嚏。
9. They appear to have misunderstood me.
   他们似乎误解了我。
10. The pump appears to work okay.
    水泵似乎转动得不错。

1. There appears growing evidence to the contrary.
   愈来愈有证据说明情况正好相反。

1. It appears to be very unnatural that he should speak on her behalf.
   他既然代表她讲话,看来这是很反常的。
2. It appears to be unlikely that he will take the position.
   看来他不太可能就任这个职务。
3. It appears to be a blunder that he should have used that word.
   他既然使用这个字眼,看来是个大错。

1. It appeared unlikely for them to arrive on time.
   看来他们不太可能准时到达了。
2. It appears to be reasonable to give him a three-day leave.
   给他三天假,似乎也合理。

1. It appears to me as if he will win.
   据我看,他好像能赢。
2. It appeared to me as if she was ill.
   依我看她似乎生病了。

appear at (v.+prep.)

出庭; 演出 have to face a court of law; perform at a theatre, etc.

appear before (v.+prep.)

出庭 have to face sb in a court of law

appear for (v.+prep.)

出庭 represent sb in court; perform duties as a lawyer for
appear for sb

He is the barrister who will appear for the defence.

他是被告的出庭律师。

Who appeared for the plaintiff?

谁替原告出庭?

Mr.Smith will appear for you in court tomorrow.

史密斯先生明天将为你出庭辩护。

appear in (v.+prep.)

出版,发表 be printed and made public

appear on (v.+prep.)

表演 perform on

• There appeared vnto him an Angel of the Lord.

  出自：Bible (AV): Luke

• A row of four or five swarthy faces had appeared at the stern of the galley.

  出自：C. S. Forester

• When he was about thirty the first signs of deafness appeared.

  出自：P. A. Scholes

• Hipparchus..had seen a new star appear in the sky.

  出自：A. Koestler

• Then one day..there appeared a sign in the empty store window.

  出自：B. Malamud

1. appear的基本含义有二：一是“出现”“到达”,指出席或在公共场所露面,也指可以看见或变得清晰起来,较少意味着具有确切地具体的背景或出处。引申为“出演”“出版”“面世”。appear作此解时,是不及物动词,其后常有时间、地点等状语。appear的另一个意思是“似乎”“显得”“看起来好像”,含有因视觉误差、观点限制或他人掩饰而得到的印象与事实并不一定相符的味道。appear作此解时,主要用作系动词,也可用作不及物动词。
2. appear用作系动词,接“to be+ n./adj. ” 或者介词短语、动词不定式或as if/though引导的从句, to be可以省略。当形容词是表语形容词时, to be不可省略。
3. appear用作系动词的句子中可插入to sb,在强调时可移至句首。
4. 在以动词不定式或that从句作主语时,一般须以it作形式主语,置于句首,而将该动词不定式或that从句置于appear之后。
5. appear可用于存在句型(There ～s/ ～ed ),相当于不及物动词be。
6. appear作为表示状态的动词,通常不用于进行体,而须用于一般时态。
7. appear是表示感觉的系动词,可用于转移否定结构,即句中的否定虽然出现在主句的谓语部分,但否定范围却不在主句谓语动词本身,而是转移到句子末端的宾语、状语或其他成分上。

1. appear为不及物动词，

   I have read the article on Japanese economy appeared in yesterday's paper.
   应在appeared前加that/which，否则表述不正确。

2. appear同seem的比较：appear做连接动词时，常指“事情或事物看其来怎么样”，同seem相似。与seem不同的是，seem既可以用来讨论客观事实，也可以用来描述主观的印象或感觉，而appear只能表达客观事实。

   He appears (to be) very angry today.（句中的to be可省略）
   She appears to have enough money to live on.

   The baby seems/appears (to be) hungry.（两者都可用）
   She doesn't want to go on studying. It seems a pity.（只能用seem）

3. 当appear指“出现”或“抵达”时，可被副词修饰。

   She suddenly appeared in the doorway.
   她突然间出现在门口。

appear, look, seem

这三个词都可用作系动词,表示“看起来”。其区别是：

1.在含义上, appear 强调外表上给人的某种印象,有时含实质上并非如此的意思; look意味着看上去如此,实际亦是如此; seem 则暗示判断有一定根据,这种判断往往接近事实。例如:

He appears to be very young.

他看上去很年轻。(实际上不一定如此)

He looks to be very young.

他看上去很年轻。(实际上也年轻)

He seems to be very young.

他看上去很年轻。(可能他的确很年轻)

2.在用法上,这三个词都可跟形容词或“to be+形容词或名词”结构,也可用于It appears〔appeared〕/looks〔looked〕/seems〔seemed〕 as if...结构。但是, appear 和seem跟to- v 时仍表示“看起来”,而look 接to- v 则是“盼望”的意思。例如:

He appears〔seems〕 to know it.

他看来知道这件事。

He looks to hear from you.

他期待你来信。

另外, appear 和seem可用于It appears〔appeared〕/seems〔seemed〕 that...结构,而look不能。例如:

我看他似乎很喜欢看这部小说。

［误］ It looks to me that he enjoys read- ing the novel.

［正］ It appears〔seems〕 to me that he enjoys reading the novel.

还有, appear 和seem一般不用于进行体; 而look可用现在进行时,这和一般现在时所表示的意思无多大区别。例如:

You are looking〔look〕 very unhappy.你看起来很不高兴。

appear, emerge, loom

这三个词的共同意思是“出现”,其区别是：

appear强调的是公开露面; emerge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”; loom则强调眼前出现的物体好像从云雾中发出,无明显轮廓,即“朦胧出现”。

appear，emerge，show，loom

这些动词均有“出现”之意。

appear强调公开露面，被看见。

emerge侧重缓缓出现的过程。

show语气较强，强调“露出来”。

loom指朦胧出现，好像从雾中浮现出来一样。

appear，look，seem

这些动词均有“看起来，好像是”之意。

appear指从感观印象看似乎是如此，但有时着重指因视野、观点限制而产生的歪曲印象。

look指从样子看起来，侧重通过视觉而建立的印象。

seem多指从主观印象或个反应得出的看法。

到处可以听到对物价高涨的怨言。

误 Complaints about soaring prices appeared everywhere.

正 Complaints about soaring prices could be heard everywhere.

析 appear指能被看到的,而complaint只用于“能被听到”,不表示 “能被看到”。

他今天看上去很生气。

误 He appeared very angrily today.

正 He appeared very angry today.

析 appear用作系动词时,只能与形容词连用,不能与副词连用。

他常常是不速之客,而且来了坐下就吃。

误 He often appeared unexpected and invited himself to lunch.

正 He often appeared unexpectedly and invited himself to lunch.

析 appear作“出现”解时,是不及物动词,不能与形容词连用。

他显得很伤心。

误 He is appearing very sad.

正 He appears very sad.

析 appear不能用于进行体,可用一般现在时表示目前的状况。

在他眼前展现出一派秋收大忙的景象。

误 There a busy scene of autumn harvesting appeared before his eyes.

正 There appeared before his eyes a busy scene of autumn harvesting.

析 appear用于存在句型时,相当于be,需置于引导词there之后,主语之前,构成主谓倒装。

• ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的aparoir，意为显现；最初源自拉丁语的apparere：ad （去） + perere (看得见的）。