看起來、似乎
東西一旦進入你的視線，你就會根據它「看起來」的樣子去判斷它是怎樣——所以 appear 從「現身」很自然地伸到「看起來如此」。不是它真的如此，而是落進你眼裡、給你的第一印象如此。
seem · verb · B1
To seem to be a certain way, based on how something looks or feels to you.
似乎 / 看起來
核心畫面
You can picture appear as a thing coming into view — a moment ago there was nothing there, and now, often suddenly, it is right in front of your eyes: a face shows up at the door, a ship comes out of the fog. From that one picture of 'coming into sight' everything else grows: things that come into view on a stage or screen, on a page, or onto the market, and even the way a thing 'looks' to you when you finally see it.
可以把 appear 想成一個東西「冒出來、進入視線」的那一刻：前一秒還沒有，下一秒它就出現在你眼前，常常還來得有點…更多收起
可以把 appear 想成一個東西「冒出來、進入視線」的那一刻：前一秒還沒有，下一秒它就出現在你眼前，常常還來得有點突然——一張臉出現在門口、一艘船從霧裡浮出來。整個字都圍著這個「進入視野」的畫面打轉：在舞台或螢幕上現身、在書頁名單上出現、推到市面上問世，甚至連「看起來怎樣」也是因為它終於落進你眼裡、被你看見了。From the picture
Also in this word
come into view/arrive · verb · B1
To start to be seen, to arrive somewhere, or to come into a place, often suddenly.
出現
appear in a performance · verb · B1
To take part in a film, play, concert, television show, or other performance.
演出 / 上節目
be listed/printed · verb · B1
To be written or shown in a list, book, newspaper, or other document.
刊登 / 出現（在文件上）
become available/known · verb · B1
To become widely available or known to many people.
問世 / 推出
appear in court · verb · B2
To be present in a court or official meeting to answer questions.
出庭 / 出席
原始詞典資料6 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。
appearverb/əˈpɪə/
- 1
To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
- And God[…]said, Let[…]the dry land appear.
- There were also particles no one had predicted that just appeared. Five of them […, i]n order of increasing modernity, […] are the neutrino, the pi meson, the antiproton, the quark and the Higgs boson.
- 2
To come before the public.
- A great writer appeared at that time.
- Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
- 3
To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
- We must all appear before the judgment seat.
- One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear.
- 4
To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
- It doth not yet appear what we shall be.
- Of their vain contest appeared no end.
- 5
To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
- He appeared quite happy with the result.
- They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
- 6
To bring into view
- [Angelo] is yet a devil / His filth within being cast, he would appear / A pond as deep as hell.
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。