喜樂美語

You can picture appearance around one motion: something coming into view — moving from 'not seen' to 'seen'. From that single picture two branches grow: (1) the act of coming into view — arriving, showing up, starting to exist, taking part in a public event; and (2) what meets the eye once it is in view — how a thing looks, the surface it shows, sometimes a surface put on for show. Both branches are the same root verb 'appear' frozen into a noun.

可以想成：這個字圍著一個動作——「某樣東西進入視線」，從「看不到」變成「被看到」。從這一個畫面分出兩條支線：一條是「現身的這個動作本身」——抵達、露面、開始存在、在公開場合亮相；另一條是「一旦進到眼前，眼睛看到的那個樣子」——外觀、表面、有時甚至是刻意裝出來的表面。兩條線其實都是動詞 appear（出現）凝結成名詞後的兩面。

From the word’s history

From Latin 'apparere' to come into sight, become visible (ad- 'to' + parere 'come forth, be visible'). Both branches — the act of showing up, and the look a thing presents once visible — sit directly on 'coming into view'.

源自拉丁文 apparere「進入視線、變得可見」（ad-「向」+ parere「顯露、現出」）。無論是「現身的動作」還是「現身後呈現的樣子」，兩條支線都直接坐落在「進入視線」這個畫面上。

etymonline.com (entry 'appear / appearance')

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

同家族的字

複數 appearances

意思相反

disappearance

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

appearancenoun/əˈpɪə.ɹəns/

  • 1

    The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

    • His sudden appearance surprised me.
  • 2

    A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.

    • There was a strange appearance in the sky.
  • 3

    The way something looks; personal presence

    • And now am come to ſee of whom ſuch noiſe Hath walk'd about, and each limb to ſurvey, If thy appearance anſwer loud report.
    • The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
  • 4

    Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.

    • Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance.
    • KAWS’s first sculptures were limited edition toys for the Japanese brand Bounty Hunter, and the stylised figures distributed around YSP in a variety of postures – shielding their eyes from the sun, seated in apparent contemplation or leading a child-sized version of themselves over the sward – have the appearance of gigantic toys, with their instant legibility and machine-honed surfaces.
  • 5

    human-scienceslifestylephilosophyThat which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality

    • Catholicism teaches that the Eucharist, while remaining under the physical appearance of bread and wine, becomes really and truly the body and the blood of Christ.
  • 6

    The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.

    • A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
    • David Beckham's first appearance with the LA Galaxy at Giants Stadium against the New York Red Bulls last night drew a crowd of 66237.
  • 7

    lawAn instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

  • 8

    medicinesciencesChiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.

    • The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。