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单词 semblance
释义
semblance
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈsem.bləns/us
/ˈsem.bləns/
asituationorconditionthat issimilarto what iswantedorexpected, but is notexactlyashopedfor:
近似；相似；假象
Thecityhas nowreturnedtosomesemblanceofnormalityafter last night'scelebrations.昨晚的庆典过后，这座城市似乎恢复了平日的样子。
He wasexecutedwithouteventhesemblanceofafairtrial.甚至连点像样的公正审判都没有，他就被处死了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Seeming and purporting to be
  • apparent
  • appear
  • as if/thoughidiom
  • by the look(s) of thingsidiom
  • come across
  • come off
  • outward
  • outwardly
  • parallax
  • pass
  • pass for sb/sth
  • persona
  • seemingly
  • so-called
  • sound
  • superficial
  • superficiality
  • superficially
  • supposed
  • surface
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(Definition ofsemblancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

semblance| American Dictionary

semblance
noun[U]
us
/ˈsem·bləns/
asimilarityto something, or theappearanceof being or having something:
She’sraisingtwokids,holdingdown afull-timejob, andtryingtomaintainsome semblance of apersonallife.
(Definition ofsemblancefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsemblance

semblance
By early 1994, local chiefs were able to stop the violence and bring somesemblanceof peace to the area.
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They were forced to conform to maintain somesemblanceof power in the new county administration.
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The incentive to preserve even thesemblanceof fairness disappears when the consequences are deemed sufficiently important.
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That we are listening to something which is 'recorded' seems not to detract from thesemblanceof liveness communicated.
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On the contrary, it was intended to give thesemblanceof a democratic elected government while preserving the status quo.
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Asemblanceof conformity with the imperial constitution also eased the task of rallying princes to his project.
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Intrusive public health measures, federally controlled healthcare delivery, and uniform ethical standards all require somesemblanceof consensus to work smoothly in quasi-democratic societies.
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Gone was thesemblanceof party unity, shattered into overlapping currents.
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Humans were assumed to have a base nature, and only through the socialization of religion could anysemblanceof order be maintained.
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Federal powers were to be enhanced, but not at the expense of everysemblanceof state autonomy.
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The opposition of surface and depth,semblanceand substance, is completely nullified, leaving no hidden truth to be revealed.
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For tradition to be accepted as legitimate, it must bear asemblanceof repetition.
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In other words, despite thesemblanceof democracy, the old one-party system in which one party and one individual were in charge still reigns.
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She suggests that the emotional distance between performer and audience is reduced by asemblanceof reality, and increased by separation from reality.
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Dumping control on patients with no concern for their self-efficacy is an act of cruel negligence that provides only a frustratingsemblanceof autonomy.
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