“it appears”常用来表示“看来/似乎/好像”,用于表达根据现有信息做出的判断,语气较委婉、不绝对。也可引出从句:“It appears that…(似乎……)”。
/ɪt əˈpɪrz/
It appears to be raining.
看来要下雨了。
It appears that the results were influenced by factors we didn’t consider.
似乎结果受到了我们未考虑的因素影响。
“appear”源自拉丁语 apparēre,意为“出现、显现”。在现代英语中,“it appears (that)…”逐渐固定为一种表达方式,用来表示“从表面或证据来看,好像是……”,带有推测与谨慎判断的语气。