每日一词 | appear

初中 高中 CET4 CET6 考研

英 [əˈpɪə(r)] 美 [əˈpɪr]

例句

1.She appeared to be in her late thirties.

看样子她快四十岁了。

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

2.On the other hand, when the music slowed, the participants’ stress and anxiety levels became lower and the effects on heart rates appeared to follow suit.

另一方面，当音乐变慢时，参与者的压力和焦虑水平变得更低，心率受到的影响似乎也随之变得更低了。

——2021高考北京卷

基本释义

[verb]

1. to give the impression of being or doing something

2. to start to be seen

[动词]

1. 显得；看来；似乎

2. 出现；呈现；显现

反义词

disappear: to become impossible to see; to stop existing;

派生词

appearance (点击查看往期推文): the way that somebody / something looks on the outside; what somebody / something seems to be

互动问题

1. 下边这句话中的appear为何意？

As its name would seem to suggest, this course appears to be less about instilling a positive (点击查看往期推文) work ethic in students, and more about just teaching them how to become professional slackers (懒虫).

——21-22《英语周报·高二阅读综合版》第7期

原文标题: Work / Sleep / Play — Choose Two?

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