apparent

英 [ə'pær(ə)nt] 美[ə'pærənt]

apparent 明显的

前缀ap-同ad-. 词根par, 出现，见appear.

apparent: apparent: see appear
apparent (adj.): late 14c., from Old French aparant "evident, obvious, visible," from Latin apparentem (nominative apparens) "visible, manifest," present participle of apparere (see appear). First attested in phrase heir apparent (see heir). Meaning "superficial" is c. 1400. Apparent magnitude in astronomy (how bright a heavenly body looks from earth, as opposed to absolute magnitude, which is how bright it really is) is attested from 1875.

1. It rapidly became apparent that rock'n'roll was a very broad church indeed.: 摇滚乐实际无所不包，这一点很快就显而易见了。

3. The presence of a star is already apparent in the early film.: 在早期影片中已经显露出了明星相。

4. A timeless comic actor—his simplicity and his apparent ease are matchless.: 作为喜剧界的常青树——他的简单淳朴与自然大方无人能及。

5. I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress.: 我对我们看似缓慢的进展感到有些沮丧。