| 单词 | evident |
| 释义 | ev·i·dent I. 1. a. < nature in England, slow and evident in its process, mild in its changes — Francis Hackett > < quaint ways are still evident in these moneymaking times — F.H.Eliot > < there is no evident impairment of the organs > < an evident erasure in the manuscript > < a considerable amount of placer mining is still evident — American Guide Series: Oregon > b. < his leadership qualities soon became evident > < rose with the evident intention of leaving the room > — often used with impersonal it < it is evident that we do not understand each other > 2. obsolete Synonyms: < it is abundantly evident that American citizens everywhere are demanding and supporting speedy and complete action — F.D.Roosevelt > apparent may occasionally suggest a longer period of observation or reasoning < as experience accumulated it gradually became apparent that the oils of any of the trees … were equally efficacious — V.G.Heiser > < a few years ago this inconsistency became apparent to some — C.H.Grandgent > patent may stress ease of sight and lack of any obscuring or concealing factor < to compress and define a character or story and make it patent at a glance, within the narrow scope attainable by sculpture — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < in Roosevelt's case the imposture is less patent; he died before it was fully unmasked — H.L.Mencken > manifest may add to patent suggestions or very open showing or exhibiting and may suggest a shade of purposefulness while patent stresses only the fact of openness < the manifest will of the king to free himself from parliamentary control estranged the Lower House — J.R.Green > < his May devotions were so largely attended, especially by the young people of the parish, in whom a notable increase of piety was manifest — Willa Cather > plain may connote an ease in perception through absence of confusing adventitious matter < in the unlikely event of any European at all being familiar with the “full inside story” … it would be his plain duty to make his facts known to the police — Times Literary Supplement > clear may suggest easy and assured perception with sharp definiteness and evident certainty < a principle of science based on proof as sharp and clear as anything which is known — K.K.Darrow > < until our flow of supplies gives us clear superiority we must keep on striking our enemies — F.D.Roosevelt > distinct stresses sharpness of outline, delineation, or definition, and hence unmistakable impression < those shapes distinct that yet survive insculptured on the walls of palaces — William Wordsworth > obvious, often contrasted with subtle, stresses ease of perception or interpretation or, more strongly, inevitability of notice < axioms so familiar to us that they seem obvious truths — Havelock Ellis > < new mechanical and electrical devices … automobiles, electric refrigerators, and radios, to mention the most obvious examples — J.B.Conant > palpable, in other uses a synonym for tangible, may suggest the ease and inevitability of perception associated with solid masses < the least provident of barbaric despots may raise a massive pile of buildings because it is the most palpable proof of his present wealth and power — Alfred Marshall > With these words general similarity of meaning is more noteworthy than occasional differences in connotation. II. archaic |
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