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单词 appearance
释义
appearanceap‧pear‧ance /əˈpɪərəns $ əˈpɪr-/ ●●● W2 noun Entry menu
MENU FOR appearanceappearance1 way somebody/something looks2 somebody takes part in a public event3 something new starts to exist4 arrival5 keep up appearances6 for appearances’ sake/for the sake of appearances7 put in an appearance/make an appearance8 at a law court/meeting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A layer of sand will give a natural appearance to the bottom of the aquarium.
  • Concentrate on the content of your essay, not its appearance.
  • I wish she'd do something about her appearance - she's always such a mess.
  • Judging by appearances, things are back to normal.
  • Karen gives the appearance of being confident, but she isn't really.
  • O'Brien's article suggests ways to improve your appearance.
  • The Christmas lights gave the house a festive appearance.
  • The military activity was in stark contrast to the peaceful appearance of the islands.
  • The mushrooms are similar in appearance to poisonous one, so you have to be careful.
  • The waitress, although she was only about 40, had the appearance of a very old woman.
  • The wall was painted with little squares to give the appearance of mosaic.
  • This mushroom looks harmless enough, but appearances can be deceptive and it is in fact very poisonous.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Later I put one on the wall of my study so that I could watch these changes in my appearance.
  • Personal appearances always seemed to be a bone of contention.
  • Products in this category can be rapidly restored to a remarkably fresh appearance by the addition of water.
  • The appearance of a drug that promotes sleep without depressing the central nervous sys-tem has been long awaited.
  • The nematodes are commonly called roundworms, from their appearance in cross-section.
  • You must be very pleased with its production and appearance.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
the way someone or something looks to other people: · She’d had plastic surgery to change her appearance.· The mushrooms are similar in appearance to poisonous ones, so you have to be careful.
someone’s appearance, especially when considering how good-looking they are. Looks is more informal than appearance: · Girls of that age are always worried about their looks.· People generally describe him as having boyish good looks.
the appearance and character that a person, organization, product etc deliberately tries to produce: · She wowed fans with her sleek new image.· The scandal has damaged her image as an honest politician.· The car has a racy new image.
literary the appearance of someone or something: · The costume gives his character an even more sinister aspect.
Longman Language Activatorto go to a meeting, party, concert etc
· She invited me to her wedding, but I couldn't go.· How many of you actually went last week?go to · Did you go to the baseball game last weekend?· I have to go to a meeting this afternoon.
to go to a game, concert, meeting, party etc, either at the home of the person who invites you, or with someone who is also going there: · We're having a meal at my home tomorrow night. Do you want to come?come to: · Can you come to my party?· You should have come to the concert -- it was really good.
formal to go to an event such as a meeting: · Will you be attending the conference?· Employees are expected and required to attend team meetings.· Several people were unable to attend because of the storm.
informal to go to a particular event that you are expected to be at: · It's my sister's birthday party. She'll be very disappointed if I don't show up.· Chris turned up an hour late.show up/turn up for: · She showed up twenty minutes late for class.· Schmidt failed to turn up for a scheduled meeting on Monday morning.
to go to an event such as a party or a meeting, but only for a short time: · The president made an appearance on 'CBS This Morning'.· I hate these official cocktail parties, but I suppose I'd better put in an appearance for half an hour.
the way someone or something looks
· A layer of sand will give a natural appearance to the bottom of the aquarium.somebody's/something's appearance · I wish she'd do something about her appearance - she's always such a mess.· Concentrate on the content of your essay, not its appearance.appearance of · The military activity was in stark contrast to the peaceful appearance of the islands.have the appearance of somebody/something (=look similar to someone or something) · The waitress, although she was only about 40, had the appearance of a very old woman.in appearance · The mushrooms are similar in appearance to poisonous one, so you have to be careful.judge by appearances (=make decisions based on how someone or something looks) · Judging by appearances, things are back to normal.
someone's appearance, especially when considering how good-looking they are. Looks is less formal than appearance: somebody's looks: · Girls of that age are always worried about their looks.· Emily had refused to marry him on account of his looks.good looks (=a good-looking appearance): · People generally describe him as having boyish good looks.keep/lose your (good) looks (=remain or stop being good-looking): · She was 20 years older now, but had managed to keep her looks.
the appearance of something, especially an appearance that has been deliberately planned or made: look of: · The text is fine but the look of the page is all wrong.have the look of (=look similar to someone or something): · Sapporo, Japan, has the look of a Wisconsin city in winter.by/from the look of something (=judging by its appearance): · From the look of it, I'd say the chair was about 100 years old, maybe 150.the Bohemian/Versace/1960s etc look: · Her long straight hair and dark eye make-up give her a sort of late-'60s look.
the appearance and character that someone deliberately tries to produce by dressing or behaving in a particular way: · I like her new image - it's a lot more dignified.· He doesn't really need those glasses - they're just part of his "intellectual" image.image of: · Since I started working in this company, I have tried to maintain the image of a winner.image as: · The scandal has badly hurt her image as an honest politician.
the way something seems
if someone or something has the appearance of being a particular kind of person or thing, they seem to be like that, but in fact they may not be: give the appearance of (=seem like): · Karen gives the appearance of being confident, but she isn't really.· The wall was painted with little squares to give the appearance of mosaic.appearances can be deceptive (=what seems to be true may not be true): · This mushroom looks harmless enough, but appearances can be deceptive and it is in fact very poisonous.
your impression of someone or something is the way they seem to you: impression of: · What's your impression of Frank as a boss?get the impression (that) (=think something is a fact because it seems true): · We got the impression that Sally wasn't very pleased to see us.· For some reason she got the impression that you didn't like her.give the impression (that) (=make people believe something, by making it seem to be true): · In her book, she gives the impression that she was a close friend of the Prince, but in fact she only met him twice.a good/a bad/the wrong impression: · In an interview don't say anything negative about your current employer - it gives a bad impression.· If she joked with him, he would think she was flirting, and she didn't want him to get the wrong impression. first impression (=how someone or something seems to you the first time you see them): · My first impression of England was of a grey and rainy place.
: semblance of truth/normality/stability etc when something seems to be true, normal etc - use this especially in negative sentences when something seems only very slightly true, normal etc, or to say that it does not seem this at all: · Any semblance of democracy quickly disappeared when the military government announced it was taking over.· A novel needs to have some semblance of truth, or the reader will quickly lose interest in it.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1adjectives
· If you want to improve your physical appearance, eat well and exercise.
· Teenagers are very conscious of their personal appearance.
· Children sometimes stared at him because of his odd appearance.
(=unusual and interesting)· The unusual leaves give the plant a distinctive appearance.
· Large blue eyes set in a long thin face give him a striking and attractive appearance.
· She was no longer a young woman, despite her youthful appearance.
· Beneath the outward appearance of confidence, she is very shy.
· The second phase of the project is to improve the town’s overall appearance.
· Intensive farming changed the visual appearance of the countryside.
verbs
· The young girl had a pleasing appearance.
· Fresh air improves the appearance of the skin.
· The proposed dam will change the appearance of the surrounding countryside enormously.
· His uniform gave him an official appearance.
phrases
(=make an effort to look good)· She seems to take no pride at all in her personal appearance these days.
(=make judgements based on the way someone or something looks)· You shouldn’t judge by appearances.
 Meaning 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + appearance
· This is the band's last appearance in the UK before a 46-date tour of Europe.
· In his first public appearance since his election, the president-elect ruled out talks with the United States.
· John hated the endless TV appearances to promote each new album.
(=an appearance by a famous person on a TV show or at a musical event, in addition to the people who usually take part)· He made several guest appearances on the show in the 1960s.
(=a short appearance in a film or play by a well-known actor or person)· Alfred Hitchcock always made a cameo appearance in his own films.
· The First Lady is asked to make a large number of personal appearances for worthy causes.
· Troy's first live appearance was at last year's Montreux Jazz Festival.
· He led the Broncos to three Super Bowl appearances in twelve years.
(=a last appearance)· His farewell appearance for the club was made in front of a packed crowd.
verbs
· The president made a dramatic appearance on nationwide television to announce a fresh peace initiative.
appearance + NOUN
(=the money someone is paid to appear somewhere)· He gave his appearance fee to charity.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· He made a brief appearance before reporters outside his Manhattan townhouse.
 Gwen’s students may look angelic, but appearances can be deceptive.
 He will make a special guest appearance on next week’s show.
 The economy and outward appearance of the area have changed considerably.
· Describe his physical appearance.
 She has managed to maintain her youthful appearance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Jackson and Medina made a brief appearance before a federal magistrate Tuesday on the extortion charge.· Even then, they would only put in a brief appearance in puddings and cakes at Thanksgiving and Christmas.· The brief appearance of what may seem like an inconsequential maidservant may end up being the turning event of the story.· And I catch the roots of my Enoch Dream: his grinning mug makes a brief appearance on-screen as an Inspiral slide.· Sunil made a brief, VIP-like appearance, and then had to rush off to get a ticket.· It's always fun when Test cricket takes off its fine clothes and makes a brief appearance in ragged jeans and T-shirts.· Tracy Chapman, for example, certainly owes her fame and a lot of her money to her brief appearance at it.
· The many enchanting designs from that period are almost wholly devoted to external appearance, to cottages as features in the landscape.· Finally, some explanation could be given for the long-known facts of the external appearance of crystals and their properties.· Conservation Ruberlok is applied internally to the underside of the roof leaving the external appearance unchanged.· They are often indistinguishable in external appearance from the larger nonconformist chapels in the next street.· Nobody knows how many different species there might be, even in a taxonomy based on external appearance.· Today Glascoed's external appearance is largely unchanged and its scale is as awesome as ever.· Remember that the success behind this unit relies on a convincing external appearance.
· The general appearance of the holding, its grass, crops, and animals, give a valuable first impression.· The name came both from the general appearance and from a certain make of shoe with a pattern free surface.· He had developed a droning style of speaking, and the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends.· The general appearance of the area will be greatly improved, particularly benefiting those people located in the ground floor annexe.· Alike in size and general appearance, but not in the guards that operated them.· Although plants vary so greatly in their shape, function and general appearance, the cellulose molecule is the same in all.· He stated himself pleased with the general appearance and appointments of the unit.· In addition, there are some fringe areas such as clothes, physique and general appearance.
· But to all outward appearance she was, let it be said, the slightest bit slatternly.· Again, although deceptively simple in outward appearance, this salad satisfied completely with its subtle flavorings.· It revealed an unrepentantly superficial world where life revolved around the minutiae of outward appearances and public display.· To all outward appearance, he looked benign enough, with a mild, unsullied face, the perfect choirboy.· It is comparable with the oddness which might visit all our outward appearances if we stopped looking in mirror.· What it does reveal is a teenager, to every outward appearance comfortable with his lot.· The outward appearance of gloomy taciturnity was therefore taken for the whole man.· This timekeeper, now known as H-5, has all the internal complexity of H-4 but assumes an austere outward appearance.
· The Buddhists believe that the print was made by Buddha during one of his few personal appearances.· Political officials offer their views in personal appearances before the citizens.· Women may sense that their own nature is being violated when any choice in personal appearance is taken away from them.· The personal appearance of Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-man, the X-Men and other comic book heroes.· The Romans were interested in conveying aspects of individual character as these were reflected in personal appearance.· He cared little about his living conditions, his personal appearance, or social amenities.· Certainly we're called on to make a large number of personal appearances, frequently for worthy causes.· The activity centres around the big top in Stockton High Street offering free all day entertainment with live broadcasts and personal appearances.
· The same may be true of a book which has been deliberately produced to a high standard of physical appearance.· We all know our genes determine physical appearance, such as eye color and hair texture.· When describing the person in question, a reference to physical appearance is often made showing that physical appearance is very important.· There is the very feel one gets from the physical appearance of the school.· When describing the person in question, a reference to physical appearance is often made showing that physical appearance is very important.· The moth's physical appearance is not quite as wasp-like but it adds to its disguise by making a buzzing noise.· We are often attracted to another person by their physical appearance and sometimes by their ideas, opinions and goals.· However, physical appearance and intellect are insufficient foundation for effective long-lasting relationships.
· His public appearances are few and carefully staged.· In recent public appearances, the speaker looks decidedly off his feed.· Women are much more isolated, since their culture and religion control their public appearances.· When they made public appearances together, they were singled out as the perfect couple.· This was to be his last public appearance.· Her most public appearance since the November elections came at a United Nations conference on social issues last month.· Every publication or public appearance is a demarcation dispute.· Aside from meetings with Clinton and a senior State Department official, Fujimori spent most of his day here in public appearances.
· Periclimenes shrimps are superficially similar in appearance to Harlequin Shrimp species but do not harm their host anemone or sea cucumber.· It is very similar in appearance to Parma ham.· The sexes are similar in appearance.· Although of very traditional design and similar in appearance to Nos. 1-35, they were of rather more robust construction.· There is also a life-size mask of similar appearance, together with some sculptures of royal figures and some staffs with human heads.· Although similar in appearance, the two breeds actually have a number of essential differences.· Internet Explorer's Macintosh versions share a similar appearance, but are written entirely afresh for the MacOS.
· The sudden appearance of record company A & R men induces paranoia for any band.· Clearly the later volumes show these talents in more skilfully written poems, but their sudden appearance here demands comment.· Because a squint may be due to serious disease, its sudden appearance should always be taken seriously.· The sudden appearance of her bare back made him cough.· Maybe it was Mr McCrindle's sudden appearance that caused Tam to lose his footing.· Was there a sudden appearance of a new species, or were there cases of gradual succession?· The fish were momentarily startled at my sudden appearance, but after a while they ignored me.
NOUN
· Rumours suggesting that Shane MacGowan is likely to make cameo appearances could not be confirmed.· Numerous cartoon stars make cameo appearances and Kathleen Turner is the voice of Jessica Rabbit.· Dave did make a cameo appearance in his kayak to run it but quickly reverted back to the raft.· Wilson makes a memorable cameo appearance showing some serious cleavage as a cocktail waitress who attempts to seduce Guy.· Today he is more of a celebrity than an actor, making cameo appearances, commercials and turning up at premières.· Running back Terry Kirby made only a cameo appearance.
· Admission and discharge dates and visits by relatives together with court appearances will also at time increase the anxieties of residents.· His court appearances drew so much flak that he was forced to relinquish his role at Microsoft.· It was their third court appearance.· From now on, all domestic violence cases will be followed by the same team of prosecutors through every court appearance.· But his lifestyle has lead to court appearances on drug and driving offences and he's served two jail sentences.· Bail was set at $ 60, 000 pending an initial court appearance scheduled for Monday.· A string of personal disasters culminated in a costly court appearance for wrecking a taxi after a night out.· The suspects were arrested after questioning Thursday morning, the chief said, but have been released pending court appearances.
· Yet during his Saturday night guest appearance Julio Bocca danced the ballet with a heroic degree of conviction.· Graham Kelly should be putting his own house in order, not making guest appearances in the witness box.· The late mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani makes a guest appearance in these 1973 sessions.· Vary the programme with humour, audio-visual devices, music, movement, colour, question and answer sessions, guest appearances.· High spot of the concert was a guest appearance by top pop band Shakatak.
· I joked that I had to go and collect my $ 40,000 appearance money.· Simpson will receive only one pound, about $ 1. 53, in appearance money, a Granada spokesman said.· Not to ask for any more appearance money. 5.· The air was thick with paranoia as the conversation turned to the perfidious question of appearance money.· The appearance money due to Newcastle was withheld.
· Top goalkeepers can earn up to £50,000-a-year from manufacturers for wearing their gear, including built-in bonuses for Cup runs and television appearances.· The albums, the television appearances, the movies.· Reagan's television appearances furthermore were carefully scheduled to take place just prior to critical votes on his budgetary and tax policy.· In a schedule that should be released next week, the Eagles will have at least four national television appearances next season.· Thousands of people knew him from his radio and television appearances and weekly newspaper column for the Los Angeles Times.
VERB
· He could change his appearance, but not enough to become immediately unrecognisable.· And the illness has changed his appearance.· Task 14 Objective To reformat paragraphs Paragraph reformatting ... This means changing the appearance and/or position of paragraphs from their default settings.· Has he suddenly stopped wearing that favourite grey jacket or changed his physical appearance in some way?· Some claim that demons can even change the physical appearance of a host body.· Photographs are records and documents which pin down the changing world of appearance.· Guide readers are only aware of contexts to the extent that contexts change the appearance of the document.· All cities have changed their appearance in the last decade.
· Colour is another important point to consider with fine hair, because it can greatly enhance its appearance.· Clever use of make-up can greatly enhance your appearance and leading make-up artist Teresa Fairminer will give you expert advice.· Women have an even broader latitude for enhancing their appearance.
· The outward tips of his bushy eyebrows were tilted upwards slightly, giving him a demonic appearance.· The new team gives every appearance of knowing where it is heading.· The sheer volume of insignia required for public services means that insignia can be given only the appearance of precious metals.· There was also a senior executive who gave the appearance of selecting successors on the basis of competency.· The shadows around the thing undulated, giving it the appearance of life.· Often there are phosphates, a sort of salt, in the urine, which give it a cloudy appearance.· Its poised, out-thrust head gave it the appearance of a cobra, a white cobra.· Standard 42, one of the new cars fitted with an old Motherwell top deck, giving a strange angular appearance.
· Too see these premises re-opened and repaired would indeed improve the appearance of this area of the town.· Want to improve the appearance of a document?· For instance volunteer groups create external benefits by improving the appearance of the environment, through best-kept village competitions or reclaiming old canals.· What can I do to improve its lifeless appearance?· It is true that embalming improves the appearance of a corpse if it is to be viewed by friends and relations.· This considerably improves appearance and provides for the disinfection requirement.· Second phase With the essentials complete, the second phase of the project - to improve overall appearance, is well under way.· A grill is good for improving the appearance of microwaved food.
· He knew better than to judge by appearances.· Be careful here. Judge nothing by its appearance.· To judge by appearances, things are back to normal.· Put the right clothes on some one and everyone judges them by their appearance.· Anyway, you shouldn't judge by appearances.· If women are to be judged by their appearance, Mira ought to give up books: Phillario.· Well, all right, so he doesn't look like much, but you shouldn't judge by appearances.· Certainly, judging by his appearance as he lay on the ground, I did not give much for his chances.
· Sometimes a mood, or a phase of the menstrual cycle, will bring about a definite aversion to keeping up appearances.· We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn.· He still took care to be rude and truculent at school to keep up appearances, but the old venom had faded.· All my efforts were concentrated on keeping up appearances during those two hours of the day when I was with them.· They spend all they have to keep up appearances.· She just wanted to keep up appearances for the kids.· A travel iron is useful for keeping up appearances on holiday.· Man on the move Everything a man need to keep up appearances while he's away from home.
· He stepped in front of the class like a demon king making his appearance in a pantomime.· When they made public appearances together, they were singled out as the perfect couple.· As for the library, the surviving books without a proper building to house them must have made a dismal appearance.· When she makes campaign appearances, the taxpayers of North Dakota pay for it.· Only then, when they were finished, did Director Clarac make his appearance.· At 35, Lewis, making his final Olympics appearance, seems fit and ready to add to his eight Olympic golds.· Master Alexander makes his first recorded appearance as witness to a settlement presided over by Archbishop Langton in 1216.· Jackson and Medina made a brief appearance before a federal magistrate Tuesday on the extortion charge.
· Napkins and old cigarette packets did not, sadly, put in an appearance.· She still puts in occasional appearances, Graves concluded in all sincerity, as a muse to poets like himself!· Conrad Allen put in a first appearance on the track in the 600 metres at Crawley.· We tour a lot in late winter and early spring, too, when sleet likes to put in an appearance.· If the training schedule of the Hearts players is not too strenuous then one or two might put in an surprise appearance?· He always had their maid squeeze some fresh juice when Lorna Lewis was scheduled to put in an appearance.· He wondered what time Howarth usually put in an appearance.· There must be other places in the evening where Suzie might be expected to put in an appearance.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► put in an appearance/make an appearance
  • For now, I can keep up appearances and still go to the same restaurants as my friends.
  • Of course, he tries to keep up appearances, but he lives entirely off borrowed money.
  • She put Christmas decorations in the window just to keep up appearances.
  • A travel iron is useful for keeping up appearances on holiday.
  • All my efforts were concentrated on keeping up appearances during those two hours of the day when I was with them.
  • He still took care to be rude and truculent at school to keep up appearances, but the old venom had faded.
  • Man on the move Everything a man need to keep up appearances while he's away from home.
  • She just wanted to keep up appearances for the kids.
  • Sometimes a mood, or a phase of the menstrual cycle, will bring about a definite aversion to keeping up appearances.
  • They spend all they have to keep up appearances.
  • We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn.
► for appearances’ sake/for the sake of appearancesPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • A travel iron is useful for keeping up appearances on holiday.
  • All my efforts were concentrated on keeping up appearances during those two hours of the day when I was with them.
  • He still took care to be rude and truculent at school to keep up appearances, but the old venom had faded.
  • Man on the move Everything a man need to keep up appearances while he's away from home.
  • She just wanted to keep up appearances for the kids.
  • Sometimes a mood, or a phase of the menstrual cycle, will bring about a definite aversion to keeping up appearances.
  • They spend all they have to keep up appearances.
  • We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn.
  • And taking Pride in their work ... behind the scenes of a top drama.
  • He takes pride in his appearance, setting a high standard to exemplify his healthy leadership style.
  • I take pride in my work-particularly my work as a health educator.
  • In fact, a set of beautifully manicured nails is a sign of a woman who takes pride in her appearance.
  • Muriel took pride in their appearance and tried to forget Stephen's late night and Lily's missing days.
  • The croft cottage was small, only two rooms, but she took pride in her work.
  • You have to take pride in your work.
  • Among those attending the cremation ceremony in Vientiane on Jan. 28 were President Souphanouvong, making a rare public appearance.
  • Aside from meetings with Clinton and a senior State Department official, Fujimori spent most of his day here in public appearances.
  • Baldwin's next major public appearance was his Budget speech in April.
  • Her most public appearance since the November elections came at a United Nations conference on social issues last month.
  • His visit to a literary dinner in Oxford was the only public appearance in this country.
  • In recent public appearances, the speaker looks decidedly off his feed.
  • It was the first public appearance for Caroline, who has been learning to belly dance for about eight months.
  • When they made public appearances together, they were singled out as the perfect couple.
  • A few more attempts convinced him that nobody was going to put in an appearance.
  • He always had their maid squeeze some fresh juice when Lorna Lewis was scheduled to put in an appearance.
  • He wondered what time Howarth usually put in an appearance.
  • Napkins and old cigarette packets did not, sadly, put in an appearance.
  • Others, semi-sightseers, put in an appearance.
  • She always tried to put in an appearance at the funerals of patients who had the misfortune to die.
  • There was an hour yet before she need put in an appearance in the restaurant for the evening meal.
  • We tour a lot in late winter and early spring, too, when sleet likes to put in an appearance.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounappearance ≠ disappearancereappearanceverbappear ≠ disappearreappear
1way somebody/something looks [countable, uncountable] the way someone or something looks to other people:  He was always criticising his wife’s appearance.appearance of They’ve changed the appearance of the whole building. We are often attracted to somebody first by their physical appearance. Women, in general, tend to be more concerned than men about their personal appearance. She had an outward appearance of calm, but deep down she was really worried. The metal posts spoiled the appearance of the garden. A garnish helps to enhance the appearance of any dish. She’s the kind of woman who takes pride in her appearance. You shouldn’t judge by appearances. They work hard at school without giving the appearance of being particularly hard-working. The case had all the appearances of a straightforward murder. The pupils looked angelic – but appearances can be deceptive. He was, to all appearances, a respectable, successful businessman.2somebody takes part in a public event [countable] when a famous person takes part in a film, concert, or other public event:  It was his first public appearance since the election. He made his last appearance for the club in the Cup Final.appearance money/fee (=money paid to a famous person to attend an event)3something new starts to exist [singular] when something new begins to exist or starts being usedappearance of The industry has changed greatly with the appearance of new technologies. the appearance of buds on the trees4arrival [countable usually singular] the unexpected or sudden arrival of someone or somethingappearance of Eileen was deep in concentration, and the sudden appearance of her daughter startled her.5keep up appearances to dress and behave in the way in which people expect you to, especially to hide your true situation:  She just wanted to keep up appearances for the kids.6for appearances’ sake/for the sake of appearances if you do something for appearances’ sake, you are trying to behave how people expect you to, especially to hide your true situation or feelings7put in an appearance/make an appearance to go to an event for a short time, because you think you should rather than because you want to:  At least Marc managed to put in an appearance at the party.8at a law court/meeting [countable] an occasion when someone goes to a court of law or official meeting to give information, answer questions etc:  He is due to make another court appearance on Monday.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1adjectivessomebody's/something's physical appearance· If you want to improve your physical appearance, eat well and exercise.somebody's personal appearance· Teenagers are very conscious of their personal appearance.somebody's/something's odd/strange appearance· Children sometimes stared at him because of his odd appearance.a distinctive/striking appearance (=unusual and interesting)· The unusual leaves give the plant a distinctive appearance.an attractive/handsome/pleasing etc appearance· Large blue eyes set in a long thin face give him a striking and attractive appearance.somebody's youthful appearance· She was no longer a young woman, despite her youthful appearance.the outward appearance· Beneath the outward appearance of confidence, she is very shy.the general/overall appearance· The second phase of the project is to improve the town’s overall appearance.the visual appearance· Intensive farming changed the visual appearance of the countryside.verbshave a ... appearance· The young girl had a pleasing appearance.improve/enhance the appearance of something/somebody· Fresh air improves the appearance of the skin.change/alter the appearance of something· The proposed dam will change the appearance of the surrounding countryside enormously.give something/somebody a … appearance· His uniform gave him an official appearance.phrasestake pride in your appearance (=make an effort to look good)· She seems to take no pride at all in her personal appearance these days.judge by appearances (=make judgements based on the way someone or something looks)· You shouldn’t judge by appearances.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + appearancesomebody's first/second/last etc appearance· This is the band's last appearance in the UK before a 46-date tour of Europe.a public appearance· In his first public appearance since his election, the president-elect ruled out talks with the United States.a radio/TV appearance· John hated the endless TV appearances to promote each new album.a guest appearance (=an appearance by a famous person on a TV show or at a musical event, in addition to the people who usually take part)· He made several guest appearances on the show in the 1960s.a cameo appearance (=a short appearance in a film or play by a well-known actor or person)· Alfred Hitchcock always made a cameo appearance in his own films.a personal appearance· The First Lady is asked to make a large number of personal appearances for worthy causes.a live appearance· Troy's first live appearance was at last year's Montreux Jazz Festival.a Wembley/Hollywood Bowl etc appearance· He led the Broncos to three Super Bowl appearances in twelve years.a farewell appearance (=a last appearance)· His farewell appearance for the club was made in front of a packed crowd.verbsmake an appearance· The president made a dramatic appearance on nationwide television to announce a fresh peace initiative.appearance + NOUNappearance fee/money (=the money someone is paid to appear somewhere)· He gave his appearance fee to charity.THESAURUSappearance the way someone or something looks to other people: · She’d had plastic surgery to change her appearance.· The mushrooms are similar in appearance to poisonous ones, so you have to be careful.looks someone’s appearance, especially when considering how good-looking they are. Looks is more informal than appearance: · Girls of that age are always worried about their looks.· People generally describe him as having boyish good looks.image the appearance and character that a person, organization, product etc deliberately tries to produce: · She wowed fans with her sleek new image.· The scandal has damaged her image as an honest politician.· The car has a racy new image.aspect literary the appearance of someone or something: · The costume gives his character an even more sinister aspect.
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