英 [ˈsembləns] 美 [ˈsembləns]
n. 表象，假象；外观，外貌；（情况或性质的）相似之处，类似；幽灵，幻影
复数semblances
semblance /ˈsɛmbləns/ TEM8
不可数名词 If there is a semblance of a particular condition or quality, it appears to exist, even though this may be a false impression. 表象; 外观
At least a semblance of normality has been restored to parts of the country.
这个国家的部分地区至少在表面上已恢复正常。
外貌；假装；类似
... semblancecoefficient相似系数 semblance相似；外表；伪装 semester学期 ...
故事里没有丝毫真实的成分 Outward appearance or aspect;semblance.外表外在的容貌或样子;外貌 Your mother bears the semblance of yourself你的母亲有你的相似之处。 .
... scalpel n.外科手术刀，解剖刀 semblance n.外貌；相似 stark a.(外表)僵硬的；完全的 ...
...像(simulacrum)首先意指某事物的一种纯粹的影像(image),其次包含无实体的、表面的、暧昧不清的相似物(likeness)或伪装(semblance)的意思。相似而非实真的影像基本上可以概括仿像原初的意思。
外貌；假装；类似
aspect / simulation / acting / similarity / colour
The ceasefire brought about a semblance of peace.
停火协定带来了表面的和平。
Life at last returned to some semblance of normality.
生活似乎终于恢复了正常。
At least a semblance of normality has been restored to parts of the country.
这个国家的部分地区至少在表面上已恢复正常。
She says these spaces have recreational and school learning equipment to help children get back to some semblance of normality.
VOA : standard.2009.07.03
They can only be moral if there is some semblance of human choice or will expressed in the relationship, our ability to do otherwise.
它们的道德性只存在于,人类在关系和,去做其他事情的能力当中，选择或者表达意愿的时候。
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Now, to be sure, in Siberia in the far reaches of the north, North Asia, this empire amounted to little more than a series of trading posts, and it took a very long time for any semblance of Russian authority from Moscow and soon from St. Petersburg, for reasons that we'll see, to reach there.
现在,可以肯定,当时的俄国,在西伯利亚和北亚并没有多少商栈,俄国耗费了很多时间,才使得其首都市容变成现在这样,无论是莫斯科,还是之后的圣彼得堡,原因我们会讲到
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FIFA's hope is that the off-field problems will not affect play, and that the tournament can proceed with some semblance of normalcy.
VOA : standard.2009.10.22
"There is some semblance of calm returning, " says Duvvuri Subbarao, governor of the central bank.
To help consumers retain some semblance of privacy, one must explore the role of regulatory oversight.
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For them Pope Francis and his doctrinal conservatism will offer a semblance of stability.