| 词汇 | semblance |
| 释义 | semblance noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈsem.bləns/ us /ˈsem.bləns/ a situation or condition that is similar to what is wanted or expected, but is not exactly as hoped for: 近似；相似；假象 The city has now returned to some semblance of normality after last night's celebrations.昨晚的庆典过后，这座城市似乎恢复了平日的样子。 He was executed without even the semblance of a fair trial.甚至连点像样的公正审判都没有，他就被处死了。 Seeming and purporting to be apparent appear appearance as if/thoughidiom by the look(s) of thingsidiom come across come off formal outward outwardly outwardness parallax pass pass for sb/sth seemingly superficial superficiality superficially supposably surface semblance | American Dictionarysemblance noun[ U ] us/ˈsem·bləns/ a similarity to something, or the appearance of being or having something: She’s raising two kids, holding down a full-time job, and trying to maintain some semblance of a personal life. Examples of semblancesemblance By early 1994, local chiefs were able to stop the violence and bring some semblance of peace to the area. They were forced to conform to maintain some semblance of power in the new county administration. The incentive to preserve even the semblance of fairness disappears when the consequences are deemed sufficiently important. That we are listening to something which is 'recorded' seems not to detract from the semblance of liveness communicated. On the contrary, it was intended to give the semblance of a democratic elected government while preserving the status quo. A semblance of conformity with the imperial constitution also eased the task of rallying princes to his project. Intrusive public health measures, federally controlled healthcare delivery, and uniform ethical standards all require some semblance of consensus to work smoothly in quasi-democratic societies. Gone was the semblance of party unity, shattered into overlapping currents. Humans were assumed to have a base nature, and only through the socialization of religion could any semblance of order be maintained. Federal powers were to be enhanced, but not at the expense of every semblance of state autonomy. The opposition of surface and depth, semblance and substance, is completely nullified, leaving no hidden truth to be revealed. For tradition to be accepted as legitimate, it must bear a semblance of repetition. In other words, despite the semblance of democracy, the old one-party system in which one party and one individual were in charge still reigns. She suggests that the emotional distance between performer and audience is reduced by a semblance of reality, and increased by separation from reality. Dumping control on patients with no concern for their self-efficacy is an act of cruel negligence that provides only a frustrating semblance of autonomy. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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