semblance

英 [ˈsembləns]

美 [ˈsembləns]

n.  表象; 假象; 外观; 外貌

复数：semblances　

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Collins.1 / BNC.13871 / COCA.13183

牛津词典

noun

• 表象；假象；外观；外貌
  a situation in which sth seems to exist although this may not, in fact, be the case
  1. The ceasefire brought about a semblance of peace.
     停火协定带来了表面的和平。
  2. Life at last returned to some semblance of normality.
     生活似乎终于恢复了正常。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 假象;表象;外观
  If there is asemblance ofa particular condition or quality, it appears to exist, even though this may be a false impression.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
  Synonym:likeness
• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
  1. he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
  2. he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
  3. the situation soon took on a different color
  Synonym:glosscolorcolour
• an erroneous mental representation
  Synonym:illusion

双语例句

• This news was a significant blow to the semblance of improvement in general sentiment regarding the credit crisis.
  这一消息对当前表面有所改善的信贷危机而言，是一个重大的冲击。
• It was not until the early 1840s that a semblance of confidence in business was restored.
  直到十九世纪四十年代初，才恢复了对商业的表面信任。
• He tried to restore some semblance of normality to their home life.
  他力图使他们的家庭生活恢复正常。
• Wealth can often purchase not only the semblance of love but its reality.
  财富通常不仅能够买来爱情的外表，还能买来爱情的真谛。
• He was executed without even the semblance of a fair trial.
  甚至连有点像样的公正审判都没有，他就被处死了。
• Many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality; a perverted translation of the poem.
  许多事实都被曲解了，而且作出了看起来真实的伪装；对诗歌歪曲的翻译。
• It would be what they describe as the uncanny semblance between owners and their pets.
  这样的话就应证了那句“狗和主人长得离奇般的相似”。
• Healthy personality, beautiful semblance, optimistic disposition, careful concern, sincere and compassion, responsibility and duty, quality and self-control, intrinsic and external, I thought all these, regarding us all are the equally important.
  健康的人格、美丽的外表、乐观的性格、细微的关怀、真诚与爱心、责任与义务、素质与涵养，内在与外在，我想这一切对于我们来说都是同等的重要。
• I forced out some semblance of a tune and fled the stage in tears.
  我挤出了一小段不伦不类的调子，满眼泪水逃离了舞台。
• The fashion calls popularly, is to one semblance behavior patternadvocation way.
  时尚又称流行，是对一种外表行为模式的崇尚方式。