常用用法adj. (形容詞)apparent的基本意思是“顯而易見的”,多表示可以看得見有形的事物,通常指憑直觀印象或常識推想即可明白和了解事物,有時含經過一定的推理后才能明確顯示出來的意味。apparent也可指“貌似的”,即不管看上去多明顯,卻不符合事實或科學道理。 apparent作“清晰可見的”“顯然的”解時通常用作表語。 apparent(ly)常指“看起來明明這樣而其實未必這樣”。The prime minister resigned for the apparent reason that his health was failing. 表面上看來,總理是因身體不適辭職,實際上也許另有原因。apparent(ly)習慣上同real(ly)比較,如apparent rather than real(表面的而非真實的)。 返回 apparent詞語辨析詞語辨析clear, obvious, evident, apparent, manifest, definite, plain, distinct這組詞都有“清楚的,明白的,明顯的”的意思,其區(qū)別是:clear 普通用詞,側重清楚明白。obvious 語氣較強,指極為明顯,有目共睹,無需說明和論證。evident 指根據事實成為顯然的。apparent 強調顯而易見或一想便知。這個詞從動詞appear派生而來,故有時含有表面如此而事實上未必的意味。manifest 語義較強,書面用詞,強調一目了然,暗示不要任何推論就一清二楚。definite 語氣肯定,著重明白無誤,無可懷疑。plain 普通用詞,含義與clear很接近,可通用,但plain著重簡單明了,不復雜。distinct 較正式用詞,指輪廓的清楚或定義、含義的明確,不會弄錯。obvious, apparent, conspicuousobvious 明白的,清楚的,平淡無奇的apparent 清楚易見或易懂的,表面上的conspicuous 明顯的,惹人注目的obvious, evident, apparent, manifest, distinct這組詞都有“明顯的”的意思,其區(qū)別是:obvious a.明顯的,顯而易見的,含有無可辯白,不需證明之意。It is obvious that that woman has had too much to drink.很顯然,那個婦女酒喝的太多了。evident a.明白的,明顯的,與apparent基本同意,多用于推理或由事實證明的事物。It is evident that he is guilty; his fingerprints were found at the crime scene.顯然他是有罪的,在犯罪現場發(fā)現了他的指紋。apparent a.明顯的,顯而易見的,尤其指容易觀察到或認識到的事物。He is very unhappy, and it is apparent that he wants to leave now.他很不高興,顯然他現在想走了。manifest a.清楚的,明顯的,多指根據外部特征或跡象便能看出或了解其意義,常作表語。Her ability is manifest, but she is not attractive.她才能出眾,但長相并不動人。distinct a.清楚的,明顯的;不同的,獨特的。修飾性質明顯不同的東西。Medical care has made a distinct improvement in his health.治療已使他的健康有了明顯的好轉。 返回 apparent