5N-SING 样子;表现 If something has the appearance of a quality, it seems to have that quality. 样子;表现
We tried to meet both children's needs without the appearance of favoritism or unfairness... [+ of]
我们尽力对两个孩子的需要都予以满足,而不显得有所偏向或袒护。
The US president risked giving the appearance that the US was taking sides.
美国总统冒险作出美国正在摆明立场的姿态。
6PHRASE 从外表看来;显然 If something is true to all appearances, from all appearances, or by all appearances, it seems from what you observe or know about it that it is true. 从外表看来;显然
He was a small and to all appearances an unassuming man.
他个子小,看上去不事张扬。
7PHRASE 装样子;撑场面;打肿脸充胖子 If you keep up appearances, you try to behave and dress in a way that people expect of you, even if you can no longer afford it. 装样子;撑场面;打肿脸充胖子
His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.
父母过于爱面子的做法在他儿时一直困扰着他。
8PHRASE 露一下面;到场稍作停留 If you put in an appearance at an event, you go to it for a short time although you may not really want to, but do not stay. 露一下面;到场稍作停留
You must put in an appearance, at least, or she'll think you're avoiding her.
至少,你必须露一下面,否则她会认为你在躲避她。
Quotations
All that glisters is not goldWilliam ShakespeareThe Merchant of Venice
Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to beE.G. Bulwer-LyttonMoney
Appearances are often deceivingAesopThe Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearancesOscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian Gray