喜樂美語
  1. 1r/ˈsiːmɪŋli/apparently, on the surface看似 / 表面上

    Appearing to have a quality when you look at it, although this may not really be true. Often placed before an adjective, as in seemingly endless or seemingly impossible.

    「seemingly」可以想成在句子裡放一個小標記：「這是我從外表看到的樣子，不保證真的是這樣。」所以 a seemingly impossible task 是「看起來不可能的任務」——而且常常後面會發現其實做得到。它最常直接放在形容詞前面，說話的人藉此跟這個判斷保持一點距離。

    示範例句 · Example

    Running a mile in under four minutes was a seemingly impossible task.

    中文翻譯在四分鐘內跑一英里是一個看似不可能的任務。

    常見搭配

    • seemingly endless

      看似沒完沒了的

      looking as if it will never stop

      We waited through a seemingly endless line of cars.

    • seemingly impossible

      看似不可能的

      looking as if it cannot be done

      She set herself a seemingly impossible target.

    • seemingly unrelated

      看似不相關的

      looking as if there is no connection

      Two seemingly unrelated events happened on the same day.

    • seemingly without

      看起來沒有……

      appearing to have none of something

      The music was strange, seemingly without a melody.

    用法接近

    seemapparenton the face of it

  2. 2r/ˈsiːmɪŋli/as far as we know就目前所知

    As far as you can tell from the facts you have. Used when you state something you believe is true but cannot fully check, so you leave a little room to be wrong.

    文法句子副詞：修飾整句話。

    這個 seemingly 不是在說「表面上看起來、其實不是」，而是在說「照我手上知道的，就是這樣」。它把整句話的確定度調低一格，讓說話的人不用把話說死。例如 There is seemingly nothing we can do＝「就我們所知，好像沒什麼能做的」，語氣比直接說 nothing 客氣、也留了餘地。

    常見搭配

    • there is seemingly nothing

      看來沒有任何辦法

      as far as anyone knows, there is no option left

      There is seemingly nothing left to try.

    • seemingly at random

      看來是隨機地

      in a way that has no pattern you can find

      The names were chosen seemingly at random.

    • seemingly for no reason

      看來沒什麼原因地

      with no cause that anyone can see

      The machine stopped seemingly for no reason.

    意思相近

    apparentlyevidentlyfrom what we knowby all accounts