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

• He escaped under the semblance of a university student.
  他装成一个大学生逃跑了。
• In the most intensely turbulent flows, we can often discern a semblance of order through the disorder of the eddies.
  对大多数强烈湍流，往往可以透过旋涡的混乱看出一种井然有序的外表。
• It is cool, but it kiboshes any semblance of sincerity.
  这非常棒，但这也撕碎了诚意的衣裳。
• Those clouds have the semblance of a large head.
  那些云的形状像一个巨大的人头。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• He was sad, but his face had the semblance of a smile.
  他很伤心，但脸上露出微笑的表情。
• 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。