apparently
adverb
uk/əˈpær.ənt.li/us/əˈper.ənt.li/B2
used to say you havereador been told somethingalthoughyou are notcertainit istrue:
据…所知；看来；据说；听说Apparently it's going toraintoday.看样子今天有雨。
Apparently he's had enough ofEnglandand is going back toAustralia.据说他在英国呆够了，要回澳大利亚。
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used when therealsituationis different from what youthoughtit was:
实际上YouknowI told you Alice'spartywas on the 13th? Well Isawher lastnightand apparently it's on the 14th.你还记得我告诉过你爱丽丝的聚会在13号举行，可是我昨晚见到她后得知实际上是14号。
Shelooksabout ten, but apparently she's 14.她看上去差不多10岁，可实际上都14岁了。
Ithoughtthey weremarriedbut apparentlynot(= they are notmarried).我以为他们结婚了，但实际上并不是这样。
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used to say that somethingseemsto betrue,althoughit is notcertain:
好像；似乎；看起来An 80-year-old woman wasbadlyhurtin what thepolicedescribeas an apparentlymotivelessattack(= anattackfor noapparentreason).一位80岁的老太太遇袭受重伤，警察称这似乎是一起无动机袭击。
- Thetrainwasdelayed, apparentlyduetoleaveson theline.
- Hisresignationwas apparently forpersonalratherthanprofessionalreasons.
- Helivesin Little Overington, apparently,whereverthat is.
- Aseriesof apparentlyunconnectedeventsledto hisresignation.
- Iheardarumourthat she'sleaving, but apparently it's nottrue.
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
- semblance
- so-called
- sound
- superficial
- superficiality
- superficially
- surface
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