詞彙精選：apparent的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

adj.

顯然的，明明白白的

例句：

By and by it became apparent that he had acted as my agent.

久而久之，事情更明顯了：他曾經是作爲我的代理人而活動的。

例句：

It was apparent that he was in no condition to travel.

他的健康狀況顯然不宜旅行。

表面上的

例句：

The apparent cause of his illness was excessive drinking, but the real cause was his deep grief at his wife's death.

他生病的表面原因是飲酒過度，但實際原因是喪妻之痛。

例句：

I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress.

我對我們看似緩慢的進展感到有些沮喪。

二、詞義辨析：

apparent,obvious,evident,clear,plain,distinct,definite,manifest

這些形容詞均含“清楚的，明白的，明顯的”之意。apparent強調顯而易見或一想便知。這個詞從動詞appear派生而來，故有時含有表面如此而事實上未必的意味。obvious語氣較強，指極爲明顯，有目共睹，無需說明和論證。evident指根據事實成爲顯然的。clear普通用詞，側重清楚明白。plain普通用詞，含義與clear很接近，可通用，但plain着重簡單明瞭，不復雜。distinct較正式用詞，指輪廓的清楚或定義、含義的明確，不會弄錯。 definite語氣肯定，着重明白無誤，無可懷疑。manifest語義較強，書面用詞，強調一目瞭然，暗示不要任何推論就一清二楚。

三、相關短語：

heir apparent

n. 有確定繼承權的人

apparent horizon

n.1.地平線，視平線

apparent motion

視動，表觀運動

四、參考例句：

The correct answer is apparent.

正確的答覆如何， 是很明顯的。

His coldness was not always apparent.

他的冷淡並非總是顯而易見。

Certain problems were apparent from the outset.

有些問題從一開始就是顯而易見的。

She received the news with apparent unconcern.

她接到這消息時顯然無動於衷。

The apparent truth is really a lie.

貌似真理，實爲謊言。

This apparent paradox is also an apologue.

這淺顯的悖論也是一則寓言故事。

His anxiety was apparent to everyone.

誰都看得出他很着急。

Their apparent grief soon turned to laughter.

他們假意的悲傷不久就變成了一片笑聲。

There was apparent disagreement between their stories.

他們的說法明顯不一致。

It is apparent that obtaining enough water is problematic.

很顯然，要獲得充足的水還存在問題。