semblance
semblance 英 [ˈsembləns] 美 [ˈsɛmbləns]
n. 外貌；假装；类似
名词复数:semblances
- Semblance is all about illusion. Cramming all of your dirty clothes into the closet gives the semblance, or false appearance, that you've done your laundry — but the stench might give you away.
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- n. 外貌；假装；类似
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1. And when, at length, we made an absurdly smooth start, without any semblance of adventure, I felt woefully disappointed.
当我们最终得以可笑地顺利出发，没有一点冒险的样子时，我又感到悲哀失望。
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2. But what happened was that Iraq became more like the Middle East, and, although violence has slowed, it has by no means been brought to any semblance of normalcy.
但事实是伊拉克变得更像中东了，而且尽管暴力活动有所减弱，但伊拉克却从外表上一点儿都看不出回归了正常。
- 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, resembling, of the same kind" (see similar). 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.
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