seemingly

英 ['siːmɪŋli] 美 ['siːmɪŋli]

• adv. 表面上；似乎；看起来

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 看来似乎，表面上看

   as far as one can tell

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 表面上，貌似真实而其实未必地，外观上
2. 看来
3. 似乎是，似乎，好像
4. 听说，据说
5. 看似，貌似

英英释义

Adverb:

1. from appearances alone;

   "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"
   "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"
   "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"
   "on the face of it the problem seems minor"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. Any seemingly viable proposition will be tested by market research.
   任何表面上可行的建议都要通过市场研究予以检验。
2. The utility, though seemingly rebuffed, in fact got what it wanted, or thereabouts.
   公司虽然表面上遭到了挫败，实际上得到了它所要求的，或者相差不多的增额。
3. She plays with seemingly effortless skill.
   她演奏得似乎毫不费力。
4. He is seemingly to have lost enthusiasm in reading.
   他似乎在阅读上已经失去了热情。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

1. Seemingly,we can do nothing to prevent this from happening.
   表面上看来，我们似乎没有什么办法阻止这件事发生。

经典引文

• The sight of all the things he wanted to change had seemingly no power to irritate him.

  出自： H. James

• Witches..live seemingly ordinary lives.

  出自：She

近反义词

【近义词】

• apparently 表面上
• outward 向外的
• ostensibly 表面上地
• on the face of it 从表面判断
• outwardly 表面上
• superficially 表面地