semblance 详细解释

semblance

['sembləns]

n.假象, 类似, 外观, 假装, 外表

n.[U][S]

1. 外貌, 外观

By this time some semblance of order had been restored.

到这时, 秩序在表面上已有所恢复。

2. 类似, 酷似

3. 假象; 假装

词形变化

副词: semblably |

词义辨析

同义参见:

equality  air  correspondence  appearance  portrait  mien  color  analogy  

英英释义

名词 semblance:

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

同义词:gloss, color, colour

an erroneous mental representation

同义词:illusion

picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

同义词:likeness

补充

semblancesemblance英:[ˈsembləns] 美:[ˈsɛmbləns]n.1.外表; 外观Her semblance of anger frightened the children.她生气的样子使孩子们感到害怕。

例句

1. At least a semblance of normality has been restored to parts of the country.至少该国家的部分地区表面上已恢复了常态。 2. They had nursed Peter back to some semblance of health.在他们的照料下, 彼得似乎康复得差不多了。 3. she tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order.她试图理清自己的思绪。 4. it bears some semblance to the thing I have in mind.它与我所想的有些共同之处。 5. They found it hard to maintain any semblance of control. [=to maintain any appearance of having control; to maintain any control at all]他们发现要实现掌控还差得远。 6. Her life finally returned to some semblance of order/normality. [=her life finally became a little more ordered/normal]最后,她的生活似乎恢复了正常。