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Seeming means it appears to be this, especially when that may not be the real story. Her seeming calm hid how scared she was.
Seeming means it appears to be thisSeeming的意思是「表面看起來是這樣」 especially when that may not be the real story尤其是實際情況可能不是這樣的時候 her seeming calm她那種看似平靜的樣子 hid how scared she was掩蓋了她其實有多害怕
It sits in front of a noun (seeming innocence, seeming delay) and is a little formal; in everyday talk people more often say apparent, or they use it seems / it looked like.
It sits in front of a noun它會放在名詞前面 seeming innocence, seeming delay像seeming innocence(看似無辜)、seeming delay(看似延誤) and is a little formal這個字有點正式 in everyday talk people more often say apparent日常說話大家比較常說apparent or they use it seems / it looked like或是用it seems、it looked like這種說法
Though actually, seeming does not always scream “fake” — sometimes it only means “what we can see from the outside” — but it often carries a hint that the inside is different.
Though actually不過其實 seeming does not always scream "fake"seeming不一定就是在講「假的」 sometimes it only means "what we can see from the outside"有時候只是指「從外表看起來是這樣」 but it often carries a hint that the inside is different但它常常暗示裡面其實不一樣
The adverb people use constantly is seemingly (he was seemingly fine). Do not mix seeming with , which is about polite, proper behaviour, not about appearance.
The adverb people use constantly is seemingly大家常常在用的副詞是seemingly he was seemingly fine像he was seemingly fine(他看起來還好) do not mix seeming with seemly不要把seeming跟seemly搞混 which is about polite, proper behaviour, not about appearanceseemly講的是禮貌得體的行為,不是外表看起來怎樣
原始詞典資料4 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。
seemingadj/ˈsiːmɪŋ/
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Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, and often opposed to, real or actual).
- seeming friendship
- O, good my lord, you have lost a friend / And I dare swear you borrow not that face / Of seeming sorrow—it is sure your own.
seemingnoun/ˈsiːmɪŋ/
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Outward appearance.
- My loue is strengthned though more weake in seeming I loue not lesse, thogh lesse the show appeare,
- And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming
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obsoleteApprehension; judgement.
- Nothing more cleare vnto their seeming, then that a new Jerusalem being often spoken of in Scripture, they vndoubtedly were themselues that newe Ierusalem,
- […] in her ears the sound Yet rung of his perswasive words, impregn’d With Reason, to her seeming, and with Truth;
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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。