| 单词 | apparent |
| 释义 | apparent (əpærənt ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist. I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress. There is at last an apparent end to the destructive price war. Synonyms: seeming, supposed, alleged, outward 2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2 If something is apparent to you, it is clear and obvious to you. It has been apparent that in other areas standards have held up well. The presence of a star is already apparent in the early film. Synonyms: obvious, marked, clear, plain 3. for no apparent reason phrase If you say that something happens for no apparent reason, you cannot understand why it happens. The person may become dizzy for no apparent reason. Collocations: apparent attempt to His apparent attempt to amuse the crowds has begun to draw critics among spectators. Times, Sunday Times They are accused of ignoring the law stating such finds must be properly declared, in an apparent attempt to sell the items in small batches. Times,Sunday Times His apparent attempt to obscure his face from the public gaze, suggests he did realise that he shouldn't draw attention to himself. Times, Sunday Times The building was set ablaze in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence that could condemn a former mayor of involvement in a payroll scandal. Times, Sunday Times He added that he was concerned by the evidence that they had tried to destroy mobile phones and other electronic equipment in an apparent attempt to cover their tracks. Times, Sunday Times The test in relation to apparent bias depended on the view which would be taken by a fairminded and informed observer. Times, Sunday Times If there was evidence of an apparent bias, then inconvenience, costs and delay in finding a substitute judge were not acceptable reasons for the original judge proceeding to preside. Times, Sunday Times On the facts the professional association had involved only a few meetings of no consequence and a fair-minded and informed observer would not have inferred apparent bias. Times, Sunday Times It was not the case that where one member of a tribunal was tainted by apparent bias that the whole tribunal was thereby affected. Times, Sunday Times A fortiori that would have been the appropriate result had he established not merely apparent bias but, consequent on government pressure to convict, actual bias. Times, Sunday Times She fell over frequently, was in constant pain and experienced bruising without any apparent cause. Times, Sunday Times With no apparent cause found for the blaze, the police investigate the deceased's links to an idealistic commune. Times, Sunday Times One recent study found that one in three people over the age of 64 reported night sweats to some degree, often for no apparent cause. Times, Sunday Times There was no apparent cause and even the doctor was baffled. The Sun It was a laugh that was disengaged from any apparent cause, certainly from any humour. Times, Sunday Times What are we to make of this apparent conflict? Times, Sunday Times Funnily enough, no one seems to want to think about this apparent conflict. Times, Sunday Times As the video progresses, audiences witness the increasingly apparent conflict between the pair, as they stop speaking during dates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At times, the film comes off inert and aimless, absent of an apparent conflict. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, despite the apparent conflict with the goal of ataraxia, they claimed to continue searching for something that might be knowable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For every daring leap into the sonic unknown there are instances of apparent confusion or lack of inspiration. Times, Sunday Times I picked it up and carried it through to the front balcony and threw it back down onto the field, hence the apparent confusion as to where it had landed. Times, Sunday Times This apparent confusion, in which social defeat generates behavioral and neuroendocrine effects, both of which depending on social contextual variables, raises the question of how to interpret this data. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 How the captains fare will make for a fascinating comparison, given the apparent difference in character. Times, Sunday Times It made little apparent difference to his standing with a section of international high society. Times, Sunday Times But despite that he bemoaned an apparent difference in the two clubs' spending power. The Sun The apparent difference between these views reflects an essential sameness; their divergence over a period of years was a matter of record keeping. The Times Literary Supplement The apparent difference of latitude between two stations on opposite sides of the mountain were compared with the real difference of latitude obtained by triangulation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The prime minister's apparent difficulty in recommending leaving it may be explained by the fact that she has no mandate to do so. Times, Sunday Times So why, despite the apparent difficulties, are people buying greater numbers of overseas stocks? Times, Sunday Times These were never released due to apparent difficulties in finding a vocal style from the band's two singers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With apparent disregard for her own safety the columnist has put the boot into a national icon. Times, Sunday Times It also demonstrates the agency's apparent disregard for the disruption caused to the motorist by such closures. Times, Sunday Times The company has also angered investors, who have baulked at its apparent disregard for corporate governance. Times, Sunday Times He showed impatience with court protocol, and politicians were concerned by his apparent disregard for established constitutional conventions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has settled into the ranks of world-class golfers with apparent ease. Times, Sunday Times Progressions was his new 20-minute, singlemovement piano concerto, which fused with apparent ease the classical concerto format and the improvisations of jazz. Times, Sunday Times It was one of those occasions when the home team seemed to feel inhibited by the apparent ease of their task. Times, Sunday Times He would sprint in and bowl very quickly with apparent ease. Times, Sunday Times His absolute confidence and apparent ease in his skin, are no doubt a product of his background. Times, Sunday Times The biggest surprise, though, was caffeine, which had no apparent effect. Times, Sunday Times The key turns a second time, to no apparent effect. Smithsonian Politicians and the public are exasperated that the pressure to reduce bankers' bonuses has had so little apparent effect. Times, Sunday Times In our small town, word spread like head lice about the sermon and its apparent effect. Christianity Today The threats have had little apparent effect. The Sun In an apparent effort to patch up their relationship, he went straight to the 6million country mansion they bought in 2012. The Sun In 1991, an estimated 1m people avoided the survey in an apparent effort to evade the poll tax. Times, Sunday Times He had tried to dissolve parliament in an apparent effort to buy himself time in the face of escalating public protests. Times, Sunday Times Trying to fly away from the populated area, he aimed for the landing strip in an apparent effort to save the aircraft. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In an apparent effort to help ease this dominance, combo breakers are now easier to perform. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The apparent failure of the trip reinforced critics' doubts about her ability to play a strong diplomatic role. Times, Sunday Times This apparent failure can be contrasted with education policy. Times, Sunday Times Since his love life was in limbo, he wrote a song about his other great heartbreak: the apparent failure of his career. Times, Sunday Times The warning came amid heightened tensions over banks' lending and their apparent failure to supply enough credit to small businesses and to pass rate cuts on to mortgage borrowers. Times, Sunday Times The students went home in apparent failure after 79 days. Times, Sunday Times Yet as the series continues, it's been harder to maintain goodwill towards them and their increasingly apparent flaws. Times, Sunday Times This apparent flaw suddenly turned to a benefit when it dawned upon him that the extra engine power could be put to good use by turning a lift fan. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What about the apparent flaws in security? Times, Sunday Times However, the tunnel theory has come under substantial attack due to several apparent flaws in its reasoning. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some parents get involved because of their 16-year-olds' apparent inability to buckle down to such an extended piece of work. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Britain continue to suffer an apparent inability to bounce back from disappointment. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But their apparent inability to work with some charities is staggering. Times, Sunday Times (2013) His obsessive nature accounts for his apparent inability to multitask. Times, Sunday Times (2007) This apparent inconsistency was to increase his value as a multi-directional instrument of propaganda. The Times Literary Supplement During questioning, the interviewing detectives seized upon every apparent inconsistency between his varying accounts of the relevant days as further demonstration of his likely guilt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's not helped when the new laws are themselves filled with apparent inconsistencies. The Sun Scientific understanding develops as apparent inconsistencies in the natural world are identified and reconciled through sustained experimentation. Times, Sunday Times This can lead to apparent inconsistencies in their output. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Leaning into the players, looming over them, he presided with apparent indifference to cutting a figure for the audience, but generated remarkable raw intensity. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The quibble is with their methods, and their apparent indifference to the sacrifices these methods required from others. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Her apparent indifference to her disease was not only evident in the ten years before she had any recurrence of the trouble. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The book is at its weakest when seeking to explain the apparent indifference of this class to their fellow citizens. Times, Sunday Times (2013) There was no relevant medical history and no apparent motive. Times, Sunday Times The perpetrator, a mysterious self-styled 'agent of chaos', has no apparent motive. Times, Sunday Times Are you still interested in crimes without any apparent motive? Times, Sunday Times But there was no apparent motive. The Sun They concluded the only apparent motive was robbery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet we find the apparent randomness of luck disquieting. Times, Sunday Times The finding raises hope that some may have a degree of protection already and could explain the apparent randomness in how severely the virus strikes. Times,Sunday Times Connection, then, can suggest a providential, invisible hand operating beneath the surface of apparent randomness. Christianity Today His characters are amazed at the apparent randomness of their lives, and their inability to rewrite the past. Times, Sunday Times Despite its simplicity, the system achieves an impressive diversity of behavior, fluctuating between apparent randomness and order. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More importantly, they say, they want to 'get on with their lives', an apparent reference to a future hijacking attempt. Times, Sunday Times He was greeted with applause and whistles and shouts of 'buffoon' - an apparent reference to the scandals in his private life. Times, Sunday Times If this theory had been published in the mid-1970s, it would have changed the way philosophers thought about apparent reference to non-existent things. The Times Literary Supplement I did not know that to be a fact, but it seemed a reasonable explanation of their apparent reluctance so far in coming out to attack us. ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003) Perhaps the biggest barrier is the apparent reluctance to sell of one of the main shareholders. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Was the apparent similarity likely to be coincidental? Times, Sunday Times But the number of attacks as well as their apparent similarity strongly suggests a coordinated attempt to undermine the programme. Times, Sunday Times Even so, it was puzzling, as there was no apparent similarity between the two cases. Times, Sunday Times Part of the confusion in defining social deprivation seems to stem from its apparent similarity to social exclusion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But for all the apparent similarities, the stories are different. Times, Sunday Times Sublime apparent simplicity remained his keynote. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Beyond the apparent simplicity lies something mysteriously complex. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But we should not let ourselves be fooled by their apparent simplicity. What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story (1989) It requires an answer in depth and its apparent simplicity is intended solely to trap the unwary. Bomber The relative lack of home repossessions has been one of the apparent success stories of the recession. Times, Sunday Times That apparent success came, however, at significant human cost to non-coronavirus patients. Times,Sunday Times Their presence will generate huge pressure for apparent success - a pressure that means there will almost certainly be some kind of agreement. Times, Sunday Times However, between 1998 and 2000 the company's apparent success was based increasingly on deception. Times, Sunday Times We should not incentivise apparent success without substance. Times,Sunday Times Some of the apparent weakness was because of mismeasurement. Times, Sunday Times Grace, for all her apparent weakness, has power. Times, Sunday Times From shop to shop, the complaint was the same, as business owners despaired at the apparent weakness of the authorities. Times, Sunday Times His apparent weakness will galvanise the opposition into organising huge new rallies that will threaten his grip on power. Times, Sunday Times The apparent weakness proved to be the work's very strength. The Times Literary Supplement Yet it was helped along by the bank's apparent willingness to hand out loans online, without the added scrutiny of a face-to-face meeting. Times, Sunday Times The apparent willingness to invest in private equity ventures sits oddly with the cautious approach taken by many funds to public equities. Times, Sunday Times But he was also notorious for his aggressive style and apparent willingness to break rules. Times, Sunday Times Any absent body or wandering attention makes itself glaringly apparent in this smaller group. Christianity Today When you return, any gaps will immediately become glaringly apparent. Times, Sunday Times On the fourth morning, that fallibility became glaringly apparent. Times, Sunday Times These changes made the limitations of the earlier “therapeutic” hospital designs glaringly apparent. Smithsonian Mag In the four matches against the mid-ranking teams, all the old flaws — carelessness or discomfort in possession, a lack of creativity, no cutting edge — have been glaringly apparent. Times, Sunday Times It was almost immediately apparent there could be a conflict between them. Times, Sunday Times Her lack of range and vocal power were immediately apparent. Times, Sunday Times Dancers seemed to have different options of moving and interacting, taking cues from the recording, but how the cues worked wasn't immediately apparent. The Times Literary Supplement Nor was enthusiasm for his initiatives immediately apparent. Times, Sunday Times Even though he was two weeks premature, his huge feet were immediately apparent. Times, Sunday Times The looters' holes were increasingly apparent but damage generally still modest and focused on small sites, with a few exceptions, up until the invasion. The Times Literary Supplement At the congregational meeting it was increasingly apparent that this revision was being resisted. Christianity Today But it would become increasingly apparent soon enough. The Sun Yet as the series continues, it's been harder to maintain goodwill towards them and their increasingly apparent flaws. Times, Sunday Times The effect on project schedules was increasingly apparent as workstreams began to slip. Times, Sunday Times Since the reason why won't be instantly apparent, for the time being, you may just have to let virtue be your reward. Times, Sunday Times The friends' bond was instantly apparent, with each finshing the other's sentences. Times, Sunday Times Team members can collaborate on the same document, making instantly apparent changes in real-time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's painfully apparent that she's in the jungle to pay the bills, simple as that. The Sun Days into 2008, it has become painfully apparent that there's a 2007 feeling hovering over proceedings. Times, Sunday Times Some of those reasons may become painfully apparent in forthcoming weeks. Times, Sunday Times Mind you, given her uselessness at campaigning - which became so painfully apparent in 2017 - they were lucky. The Sun The visiting team's limited ambitions were painfully apparent from the opening exchanges as they lined up with a defensive bank of five, guarded closely by four midfielders. Times, Sunday Times It was quickly apparent that it was built on inference. Times, Sunday Times It was quickly apparent that the officials would not raise serious objection to any of our policy ideas. Times, Sunday Times It was quickly apparent that this cramped, somewhat eerie house would not do. The Times Literary Supplement Look at how the royals do their 'day job' and the differences between the new and older generations are quickly apparent. Times, Sunday Times As was quickly apparent, the quality and motivation of the interpreters was uneven. Times, Sunday Times It's a hillfort at a height of almost 400ft that draws me; manmade ridges and ramparts are readily apparent. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Exactly what he was looking forward to was readily apparent. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It was readily apparent how much more prosperous this town was than others. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Their closeness as they decamp to a nearby café on the day of the show is readily apparent. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He may lack long-term frontline experience but has qualities that are not perhaps readily apparent to those not part of the team's inner sanctum. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Translations: Chinese: 显然的 Japanese: 明らかな |
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