| 单词 | to save the appearances |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto save the appearances c. Originally Astronomy. to save the appearances [compare Middle French, French sauver les apparences (c1400 in astronomy; c1377 in Middle French in more general use in the sense ‘(of a hypothesis) to account for observed facts’), Italian salvar le apparenze ; compare also earlier to salve the appearances (see salve v.2 1) and to solve the appearances (solve v. 3b) and discussion at those entries] : said of a hypothesis which satisfactorily explains the observed facts. See also salve v.2 1. Cf. to save the phenomena at phenomenon n. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > be explanatory [verb (intransitive)] to save the appearances1667 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > make scientific [verb (transitive)] > explain scientifically expound1375 solve1621 salve1625 to solve a phenomenon1625 to save the appearances1667 physiologize1678 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 82 When they come to model Heav'n And calculate the Starrs, how they will weild The mightie frame, how build, unbuild, contrive To save appeerances. View more context for this quotation 1946 A. Huxley Let. 3 Sept. (1969) 547 My primary preoccupation is the achievement of some kind of over-all understanding of the world, directly and, at one remove, through the building up of some hypothesis that accounts for the facts and ‘saves the appearances’. 1957 O. Barfield (title) Saving the appearances. 1981 Country Life 26 Feb. 528/3 His single professional aim is to perceive order in the physical world, not merely to save the appearances but to discover an ordered reality. < as lemmas |
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