核心畫面
Something has surfaced far enough for eyes to catch it. That is the whole word: it appears. The catch is that appearing and being true are not the same thing — so the same word can mean 'anyone can see it' and also 'that is how it looks, though maybe not how it is'.
可以想成：某件事浮上來了，浮到眼睛能看見的高度。整個字就是這個「看得見」。有意思的地方在於「看起來如此」跟「真的如此…更多收起
可以想成：某件事浮上來了，浮到眼睛能看見的高度。整個字就是這個「看得見」。有意思的地方在於「看起來如此」跟「真的如此」是兩回事，所以同一個字既能表示「大家都看得出來」，也能表示「表面上看起來是這樣，實際不一定」。判斷靠位置和上下文，兩個意思剛好一個偏向真、一個留有懷疑。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
apparentadj/əˈpæɹənt/
- 1
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
- […] Hesperus, that led / The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, / Rising in clouded majesty, at length / Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, / And o’er the dark her silver mantle threw.
- Her disappointment was apparent to everyone.
- 2
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
- Salisbury: It is apparent foul-play; and ’tis shame / That greatness should so grossly offer it: / So thrive it in your game! and so, farewell.
- When I came to Renfield's room I found him lying on the floor on his left side in a glittering pool of blood. When I went to move him, it became at once apparent that he had received some terrible injuries.
- 3
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
- 1785, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Essay II (“Of the Powers we have by means of our External Senses”), Chapter XIX (“Of Matter and of Space”), What George Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.
- To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。