seeming 音标拼音: [s'imɪŋ]
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n . 外观
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seeming adj 1 :
appearing as such but not necessarily so ; "
for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent "; "
the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies "; "
the ostensible truth of their theories "; "
his seeming honesty " [
synonym : {
apparent (
a )}, {
ostensible }, {
seeming (
a )}]
Seem \
Seem \ (
s [=
e ]
m ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Seemed } (
s [=
e ]
md );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Seeming }.] [
OE .
semen to seem ,
to become ,
befit ,
AS .
s [=
e ]
man to satisfy ,
pacify ;
akin to Icel .
saema to honor ,
to bear with ,
conform to ,
saemr becoming ,
fit ,
s [=
o ]
ma to beseem ,
to befit ,
sama to beseem ,
semja to arrange ,
settle ,
put right ,
Goth .
samjan to please ,
and to E .
same .
The sense is probably due to the adj .
seemly .
[
root ]
191 .
See {
Same },
a .,
and cf . {
Seemly }.]
To appear ,
or to appear to be ;
to have a show or semblance ;
to present an appearance ;
to look ;
to strike one '
s apprehension or fancy as being ;
to be taken as . "
It now seemed probable ." --
Macaulay .
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Thou picture of what thou seem '
st . --
Shak .
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All seemed well pleased ;
all seemed ,
but were not all .
--
Milton .
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There is a way which seemeth right unto a man ;
but the end thereof are the ways of death . --
Prov .
xiv .
12 .
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{
It seems },
it appears ;
it is understood as true ;
it is said .
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A prince of Italy ,
it seems ,
entertained his mistress on a great lake . --
Addison .
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Syn :
To appear ;
look .
Usage : {
Seem }, {
Appear }.
To appear has reference to a thing '
s being presented to our view ;
as ,
the sun appears ;
to seem is connected with the idea of semblance ,
and usually implies an inference of our mind as to the probability of a thing '
s being so ;
as ,
a storm seems to be coming . "
The story appears to be true ,"
means that the facts ,
as presented ,
go to show its truth ;
"
the story seems to be true ,"
means that it has the semblance of being so ,
and we infer that it is true .
"
His first and principal care being to appear unto his people such as he would have them be ,
and to be such as he appeared ." --
Sir P .
Sidney .
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Ham .
Ay ,
madam ,
it is common .
Queen .
If it be ,
Why seems it so particular with thee ?
Ham .
Seems ,
madam !
Nay ,
it is ;
I know not "
seems ." --
Shak .
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Seeming \
Seem "
ing \,
a .
Having a semblance ,
whether with or without reality ;
apparent ;
specious ;
befitting ;
as ,
seeming friendship ;
seeming truth .
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My lord ,
you have lost a friend indeed ;
And I dare swear you borrow not that face Of seeming sorrow ,
it is sure your own . --
Shak .
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Seeming \
Seem "
ing \,
n .
1 .
Appearance ;
show ;
semblance ;
fair appearance ;
speciousness .
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These keep Seeming and savor all the winter long . --
Shak .
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2 .
Apprehension ;
judgment . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Nothing more clear unto their seeming . --
Hooker .
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His persuasive words ,
impregned With reason ,
to her seeming . --
Milton .
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205 Moby Thesaurus words for "
seeming ":
Barmecidal ,
Barmecide ,
Prospero ,
acting ,
affectation ,
airiness ,
airy ,
alleged ,
angle ,
apparent ,
apparitional ,
appearance ,
appearing ,
aspect ,
assumed ,
attitudinizing ,
autistic ,
bearing ,
bluff ,
bluffing ,
cheating ,
chimeric ,
color ,
colorable ,
colored ,
coloring ,
configuration ,
cortical ,
deception ,
deceptive ,
delusion ,
delusional ,
delusionary ,
delusive ,
delusiveness ,
delusory ,
demeanor ,
dereistic ,
disguise ,
dissemblance ,
dissembling ,
dissimulation ,
dreamlike ,
dreamy ,
effect ,
eidolon ,
epidermic ,
erroneous ,
evident ,
exomorphic ,
exterior ,
exteriority ,
external ,
externality ,
externalness ,
extrinsic ,
extrinsicality ,
facade ,
face ,
facet ,
fakery ,
faking ,
fallacious ,
fallaciousness ,
false ,
false air ,
false appearance ,
false face ,
false front ,
false light ,
false show ,
falseness ,
falsity ,
fantastic ,
fashion ,
feature ,
feigned ,
feigning ,
feint ,
figure ,
foreignness ,
form ,
four -
flushing ,
fraud ,
fringe ,
front ,
gestalt ,
gilded ,
gilt ,
gloss ,
guise ,
humbug ,
humbuggery ,
idealization ,
illusion ,
illusional ,
illusionary ,
illusionism ,
illusionist ,
illusive ,
illusiveness ,
illusory ,
image ,
imaginary ,
imago ,
immateriality ,
imposture ,
impression ,
light ,
likeness ,
lineaments ,
look ,
magic ,
magic act ,
magic show ,
magician ,
manner ,
masquerade ,
meretricious ,
meretriciousness ,
mien ,
misleading ,
open ,
openness ,
ostensible ,
ostentation ,
out ,
outer ,
outermost ,
outerness ,
outlying ,
outmost ,
outside ,
outstanding ,
outward ,
outward appearance ,
outward show ,
outward -
facing ,
outwardness ,
peripheral ,
phantasmagoric ,
phantasmal ,
phantom ,
phase ,
phasis ,
plausible ,
playacting ,
pose ,
posing ,
posture ,
prestidigitation ,
pretended ,
pretense ,
pretension ,
pretext ,
professed ,
public ,
purported ,
reference ,
regard ,
representation ,
respect ,
roundabout ,
self -
deceptive ,
self -
deluding ,
semblance ,
shallowness ,
sham ,
shape ,
show ,
showing ,
side ,
simulacrum ,
simulation ,
slant ,
sleight of hand ,
so -
called ,
sorcerer ,
sorcery ,
specious ,
specious appearance ,
speciousness ,
spectral ,
style ,
superficial ,
superficiality ,
supposititious ,
surface ,
tinsel ,
total effect ,
twist ,
unactual ,
unactuality ,
unfounded ,
unreal ,
unreality ,
unsubstantial ,
unsubstantiality ,
varnish ,
view ,
viewpoint ,
visible ,
visionary ,
window dressing ,
wise
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