seemingly

美 [ˈsiːmɪŋli]英 [ˈsiːmɪŋli]
  • adv.看似;表面上;看来;貌似;据说;听说

seeming adj.表面上的 + -ly ...地

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seeminglyseemingly

adv.

1

看似;貌似;表面上
in a way that appears to be true but may in fact not be

a seemingly stupid question

看似愚蠢的问题

a seemingly endless journey

似乎永远走不完的路

2

据说;听说;看来
according to what you have read or heard

Seemingly, he borrowed the money from the bank.

据说,他从银行贷出了那笔钱。

seemingly

频次

  • 1
    ADV 貌似,看似(但可能并非如此)
    If something is seemingly the case, you mean that it appears to be the case, even though it may not really be so.

    A seemingly endless line of trucks waits in vain to load up.

    一眼望不到头的一长列卡车眼巴巴地等着装货。

  • 2
    ADV 似乎,好像(是事实)
    You use seemingly when you want to say that something seems to be true.

    He has moved to Spain, seemingly to enjoy a slower style of life...

    他已经移居西班牙,似乎是想过一种更为悠闲的生活。

adv

1
from appearances alone
irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hard
on the face of it the problem seems minor
Synonym: apparently ostensibly on the face of it

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  1. Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts .

    甚至看似毫无恶意的言辞在某些语境下都会引起冒犯。

  2. Doug lived in the shadow of his seemingly omnipotent father .

    道格生活在他那看似权威至高无上的父亲的阴影里。

  3. He has moved to Spain , seemingly to enjoy a slower style of life

    他已经移居西班牙,似乎是想过一种更为悠闲的生活。

  4. Suddenly all of the bizarre and seemingly isolated examples took on a meaningful focus .

    突然之间,所有那些怪异且看上去孤立的例子都具有了意义。

  5. Seemingly inconsequential details can sometimes contain significant clues .

    貌似无足轻重的细节有时可能隐含着重大的线索。

  6. Her fellow members marveled at her seemingly infinite energy

    她的同事们对她似乎无穷的精力大为惊叹。

  7. A seemingly endless line of trucks waits in vain to load up .

    一眼望不到头的一长列卡车眼巴巴地等着装货。

  8. She was rich , beautiful and seemingly ageless .

    她富有而美丽,永远显得那么年轻。

  9. His face was covered in red blotches , seemingly a nasty case of acne .

    他满脸红斑,像是起了很严重的粉刺。

  10. The Bundesbank 's seemingly impregnable position has begun to weaken .

    德意志联邦银行看似不可撼动的地位开始削弱了。

  11. He is a man with seemingly not an ounce of malice in him .

    他这个人好像没有丁点儿的坏心眼。

  12. They were decked out in tracksuits , seemingly to dissimulate their true function .

    他们都穿着田径服,似乎想掩饰他们的真实职能。

  13. Jim was pleased when he brought off a seemingly hopeless attempt .

    吉姆完成了一件似乎是没希望成功的事情,他感到高兴。

  14. Even seemingly harmless details on a resume , it appears , can tap into recruiters ' biases .

    在简历上,即使是无关紧要的细节也可能会引发招聘人员的偏见。

  15. Think of something as seemingly benign as the cellphone - we have microfinance and text-based social networking at one end of the spectrum , and improvised explosive devices at the other .

    想想看起来像手机这样看似无害的东西——我们在光谱的一端有小额信贷和基于文本的社交网络,另一端又有临时制作的爆炸装置。

  16. The brain is a seemingly endless library , whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime 's knowledge .

    大脑看起来像一个无边无际的图书馆,它的架子上存放着我们最珍贵的记忆和我们毕生的知识。

  17. These pictures show people seemingly pushed into a world that they were unprepared for .

    这张照片上的人看起来像正被推入一个他们毫无准备的世界。

  18. This tension between what we feel we can have and what we 're seemingly able to have is the niggling suffering , the anxiety we feel .

    这种介于我们感觉自己能拥有的东西和我们看起来有能力拥有的东西之间的紧张关系就是恼人的痛苦,也是我们所感受到的焦虑。

  19. Caffeine and alcohol have seemingly polar effects on the body .

    Caffeineandalcohol咖啡因和酒精咖啡因和酒精对身体似乎有两极性影响。

  20. For several seemingly interminable seconds no one spoke .

    有几秒钟没有人讲话,这几秒钟似乎十分漫长。

  21. Seemingly unfazed – and lured2 by the smell of cat food – the badger came back .

    这只獾不慌不忙,它被猫粮的气味所吸引,又回来了。

  22. This food blogger says that a seemingly simple painting contains so many details and the heart of the child is surely full of colorful dreams …

    这位博主表示看似简单的一幅画却包含着如此多的细节,这个孩子的内心一定编织着色彩斑斓的梦……

  23. As the seemingly endless ages passed , the night elves ' civilization expanded both territorially and culturally .

    很久很久之后,暗夜精灵的文明无论在疆域还是文化方面都有了巨大的进步

  24. The Walkman Effect is the phenomenon that occurs when an individual creates a seemingly personal environment through portable devices , usually accompanied by head / earphones .

    当一个人使用耳机等便携设备创造出私人环境时,“随身听效应”这种现象就产生了。

  25. Eddie , a war veteran who spends his days repairing amusement park rides , is less than thrilled with his seemingly pointless existence .

    埃迪是一名退伍老兵,每天都在修理游乐园里的各种设施。他觉得自己的存在毫无价值,过得非常苦闷。

  26. But Kim Kardashian proved just how useful such a seemingly impractical garment could be as she played in the snow wearing her ' furkini ' .

    但是,当金·卡戴珊穿着自己的皮毛比基尼在雪地里玩耍时,她证明了自己可以让这种看上去毫无实际意义的东西发挥出作用。

  27. Having seemingly waxed every hair from her sun-kissed body , the beauty avoided frostbite to her most private regions with the help of a thick covering of fur .

    这位佳人似乎给自己那被晒成小麦色的胴体都剃了毛,因此,为避免私处冻伤,她给自己穿上了厚厚的一层皮毛。

  28. Sea-lions can be so passively annoying that they goad3 their targets into exploding in anger at them , thereby4 seemingly become the victims and leave their targets marginalized .

    “海狮”这种行为让人有一种无名火,有时候会导致目标对象把怒火发泄到他们身上,表面上“海狮”似乎是受害者,但他们的目标对象却因此而被边缘化。

  29. The innocuous-sounding euphemism1 " white gloves " generally refers to a middleman or outfit2 that launders3 dirty or corrupt4 money under a seemingly legitimate5 front - dirty hands concealed6 by a pair of white gloves .

    听起来不褒不贬的委婉语“白手套”指充当“黑钱”漂白的中间人,或是实际从事“非法”事务的“合法”外衣,意即,隐藏在白手套中的肮脏的手。

  30. With more and more data piling up every day on seemingly all aspects of our lives , a lot more than just business decisions are becoming data-driven , which refers to something " determined or dependent on the collection or analysis of data " .

    每天,似乎生活的方方面面都有数据在不断堆砌累加,很多不是纯商务性质的决定也越来越趋向数据驱动,即“决定源自或取决于数据收集或数据分析”。

后缀
e-...地

actually adv. 事实上

actual adj.实际存在的 + -ly ...地

angrily adv. 生气地

angr(y) 生气的 + -ly ...地

beautifully adv. 美丽地

beautiful adj.美的 + -ly ...地

carefully adv. 小心

careful adj.小心的 + -ly ...地

certainly adv. 当然

certain adj.有把握的 + -ly ...地

clearly adv. 清晰地

clear adj.清晰的 + -ly ...地

completely adv. 彻底地

complete adj.齐全的 + -ly ...地

correctly adv. 正确地

correct adj.正确的 + -ly ...地

directly adv. 直接地

direct adj.直达的 + -ly ...地

easily adv. 容易地

easy adj.容易的 + -ly ...地

especially adv. 尤其地

especial adj.特别的 + -ly ...地

exactly adv. 确切地

exact adj.确切的 + -ly ...地

finally adv. (用于列举)最后

final adj.最后的 + -ly ...地

gently adv. 轻轻地

gentle adj.温和的 + -ly ...地

happily adv. 快乐地

happ(y) 快乐的;高兴的 + -i- + -ly ...地

hardly adv. 几乎不

hard adj.坚实的 + -ly ...地

heavily adv. 沉重地

heavy adj.沉重 + -ly ...地

immediately adv. 立即

immediate adj.立即的 + -ly ...地

lonely adj. 孤独的

lone adj.孤独无伴的 + -ly ...地

loudly adv. 大声地

loud adj.喧闹的 + -ly ...地

luckily adv. 幸运的是

lucky adj.有好运的 + -ly ...地

mainly adv. 主要地

main adj.主要的 + -ly ...地

nearly adv. 几乎

near adv.近 + -ly ...地

politely adv. 有礼貌地

polite adj.有礼貌的 + -ly ...地

possibly adv. 可能地

possible adj.办得到的 + -ly ...地

probably adv. 可能

probab(le) 很可能的 + -ly ...地

properly adv. 正确地

proper adj.真正的 + -ly ...地

quickly adv. 迅速地

quick adj.快的 + -ly ...地

quietly adv. 安静地

quiet adj.安静的 + -ly ...地

rarely adv. 很少地

rare adj.稀有的 + -ly ...地

really adv. 真正地, 确实地

real adj.真实的 + -ly ...地

recently adv. 不久前

recent adj.最近的 + -ly ...地

sadly adv. 悲哀地

sad adj.悲伤的 + -ly ...地

seriously adv. 认真地

serious adj.严肃的 + -ly ...地

slowly adv. 慢速地

slow adj.低速的 + -ly ...地

softly adv. 轻轻地

soft adj.易弯曲的 + -ly ...地

suddenly adv. 突然

sudden 突然的 + -ly ...地

usually adv. 通常

usual 平常的 + -ly ...地

widely adv. 普遍地

wide adj.宽的 + -ly ...地

deeply adv. 深深地

deep adj.深的 + -ly ...地

deliberately adv. 故意

deliberate adj.有意的 + -ly ...地

eventually adv. 最后

eventual adj.最终的 + -ly ...地

firmly adv. 坚决地

firm 强 + -ly ...地

gradually adv. 逐步地

gradual adj.缓慢的 + -ly ...地

lately adv. 最近

late adj.晚的 + -ly ...地

mentally adv. 精神上

mental adj.精神的 + -ly ...地

merely adv. 仅仅

mere adj.只不过 + -ly ...地

multiply v.

multiple adj.多个的 + -ly ...地

partly adv. 一定程度上

part 部分,分开 + -ly ...地

personally adv. 个人

personal adj.个人的 + -ly ...地

publicly adv. 公开

public adj.公众的 + -ly ...地

sincerely adv. 真诚地

sincere adj.诚挚的 + -ly ...地

totally adv. 完全地

total adj.总的 + -ly ...地

truly adv. 真正地

tru(e) 真实的 + -ly ...地

willingly adv. 乐意地

willing adj.愿意的 + -ly ...地

absolutely adv. (强调真实无误)绝对地,完全地

absolute adj.完全的 + -ly ...地

accordingly adv. 照着

according adv.据…所述 + -ly ...地

approximately adv. 大概

approximate adj.近似的 + -ly ...地

awfully adv. 非常

awful adj.糟糕的 + -ly ...地

badly adv. 非常

bad adj.糟糕的 + -ly ...地

closely adv. 紧密地;接近地;仔细地;严密地;精密地

close adj.近的 + -ly ...地

commonly adv. 通常地

common adj.一般的 + -ly ...地

consequently adv. 因此

con- 共同, 一起 + sequ 跟随 + -ent ...的 + -ly ...地

conversely adv. 相反地

con- 共同, 一起 + vers 转 + -e + -ly ...地

definitely adv. 肯定

defin(e) 使明确 + -ite... 的 + -ly ...地

exceedingly adv. 非常

exceeding adj.非常的 + -ly ...地

exclusively adv. 唯一地

exclusive adj.排除其他一切的 + -ly ...地

extremely adv. 极其

extreme adj.极大的 + -ly ...地

fairly adv. 相当地

fair adj.公正的 + -ly ...地

fortunately adv. 幸运地

fortun(e) 运气 + -ate 具有...的 + -ly ...地

freely adv. 自由地

free adj.不受他人控制的 + -ly ...地

frequently adv. 频繁地

frequent adj.频繁的 + -ly ...地

generally adv. 通常地

general adj.全体的 + -ly ...地

greatly adv. 非常

great adj.超乎寻常的 + -ly ...地

highly adv.

high adj.高的 + -ly ...地

increasingly adv. 越来越多地

increas(e) 增加 + -ing 形容词后缀 + -ly ...地

instantly adv. 立刻

instant adj.立刻的 + -ly ...地

largely adv. 主要地

large adj.大的 + -ly ...地

lightly adv. 轻柔地

light n.光 + -ly ...地

mostly adv. 主要地

most det.&pro.最大的 + -ly ...地

namely adv.

name n.名字 + -ly ...地

naturally adv. 顺理成章地

natural adj.大自然的 + -ly ...地

necessarily adv. 必要地

necessar(y) 必要的 + -ly ...地

newly adv. 最近

new adj.新的 + -ly ...地

normally adv. 正常地

normal adj.正常的 + -ly ...地

obviously adv. 明显地

obvious 明显的 + -ly ...地

occasionally adv. 偶尔地

occasional adj.不经常的 + -ly ...地

orderly adj. 有秩序的

order n.次序 + -ly ...地

practically adv. 几乎

practical adj.实践的 + -ly ...地

presently adv. 目前

present adj.在场的 + -ly ...地

previously adv. 先前

previous adj.以前的 + -ly ...地

primarily adv. 主要地

primary adj.首要的 + -ly ...地

purely adv. 仅仅

pure adj.纯粹的 + -ly ...地

rapidly adv. 迅速地

rapid adj.快的 + -ly ...地

readily adv. 便利地

read(y) 预备好了的状态 + -ly ...地

regularly adv. 有规律地

regular adj.恒定的 + -ly ...地

relatively adv. 相当程度上

relative adj.相关的 + -ly ...地

repeatedly adv. 反复地

repeated vt.重复 + -ly ...地

respectively adv. 分别地

respective adj.各自的 + -ly ...地

roughly adv. 粗略地

rough adj.不平滑的 + -ly ...地

scarcely adv. 勉强

scarce adj.缺乏的 + -ly ...地

secondly adv. 其次

second num.第二 + -ly ...地

separately adv. 分别地

separate adj.分离的 + -ly ...地

severely adv. 严重地

severe adj.非常的 + -ly ...地

sharply adv. 尖刻地

sharp adj.锋利的 + -ly ...地

shortly adv. 不多时

short adj.短的 + -ly ...地

similarly adv. 相似地

similar adj.相似的 + -ly ...地

simply adv. (强调简单)仅仅,只,不过

simple adj.简明的 + -ly ...地

slightly adv. 轻微地

slight adj.少量的 + -ly ...地

smoothly adv. 平稳地

smooth adj.光滑的 + -ly ...地

solely adv. 唯一地

sole n.脚底 + -ly ...地

steadily adv. 稳定地

steady adj.稳固的 + -ly ...地

strictly adv. 严格地

strict adj.严格的 + -ly ...地

strongly adv. 强烈地

strong adj.强劲的 + -ly ...地

successfully adv. 成功地

successful adj.成功的 + -ly ...地

surely adv. (对自己的话很有把握,希望他人同意)想必

sure adj.确信的 + -ly ...地

surprisingly adv. 惊人地

surprising adj.出人意料的 + -ly ...地

unlikely adj. 不大可能发生的

un- 否定 + like 像 + -ly ...地

virtually adv. 实际上

virtual 实质的 + -ly ...地

wholly adv. 完全地

whol(e) 整体 + -ly ...地

elderly adj. 老年人

elder adj.年龄较大的 + -ly ...地

barely adv. 仅仅

bare 缺少的 + -ly ...地

invariably adv. 一成不变

in- 不,无 + variabl(e) 可变的 + -ly ...地

incidentally adv. (引出新话题、附加信息、或临时想到的问题)顺便提一句

incident n.事件 + -al ...的 + -ly ...地

literally adv. 按字面

literal adj.按字面常用意义理解的 + -ly ...地