appear vi. 1.出現(xiàn),露出,顯現(xiàn)。 2.出庭,出場,演出,(在公開場合)露面。 3.(書等)出版;發(fā)表。 4.變得明顯。 5.顯得,好像。 appear in public 露面。 appear in court 出庭,到案。 for reasons that do not appear 用含糊的理由。 appear on the stage 上臺,演出。 He appears to have caught cold. 他似乎是受涼了。 He appears (to be) very young. 他顯得很年輕。 It appears to me that you are right. 我覺得你是對的。 It appears that ... 似乎是…。 strange as it may appear 雖似奇怪〔插入語〕。
may n. 梅〔姓氏,女子名, Mary 的昵稱〕。 n. 1.五月。 2.〔英國〕五朔節(jié)的慶?;顒印? 3. 〔詩〕青春。 4.〔m-〕〔英國〕山楂屬植物。 5.〔pl.〕(Cambridge 大學(xué)的)五月考試;五月賽艇。 the queen of (the) May = May queen. vi. 慶祝五朔節(jié);采五月花。 I hope he may succeed. 希望他會成功 〔cf. might〕。 as best one may 極力設(shè)法,盡最大努力。 as the case may be 依情形,看情況。 be that as it may 雖然;就算是這樣。 may as well ... 最好…,還是…好 (You may as well begin at once. 你最好立刻開始。You may as well go. 你還是去好〔其后 as not 的意義變得極弱而被省略〕)。 (it) may be 多半。 that may well be 這事很可能是有的。 n. 〔詩〕少女,姑娘。
While it may appear that the gap between rich and poor people is narrowing somewhat , recently released evidence suggests that the opposite is true 貧富之間的差距看似有一定的縮小,但是最近發(fā)布的證據(jù)表明事實正好相反。