semblance
英['sembləns]
美['sɛmbləns]
- n. 外貌；假装；类似
词态变化
复数: semblances;
助记提示
1、sembl- + -ance.
2、含义：fact of appearing to view, likeness, appearance.
中文词源
semblance 表象，假象，外观
来自古法语 sembler,看起来，来自（异化自）拉丁语 simulare,模仿，词源同 same,similar.引 申诸相关词义。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The ceasefire brought about a semblance of peace.
- 停火协定带来了表面的和平。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. By now any semblance of normality had disappeared.
- 到了现在,任何常态的假象都消失了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Her semblance of anger frightened the children.
- 她生气的样子使孩子们感到害怕.
来自《简明英汉词典》