2. 容貌

② disappear v. 消失

③ disappearance n. 消失

④ reappear vi. (再)出现

⑤ reappearance n. (再)出现

▲搭配：

① at first appearance 初看起来

② make one's firrst appearance 首次登场；首次登台演出

▲ 句型：It appears that…看来……

▲ 辨析：appear；look；seem

该组词均表示“似乎”，但强调点不同：seem暗示该判断

有一定的根据，往往接近于事实；look着重于通过视觉

得出的印象；appear强调外表看起来给人的印象而事

实上或实质上并非如此。句子结构有同有异：均可跟

形容词；均可跟介词like + 名词或like + 动名词；均可接

不定式作表语。seem和appear可跟从句。而look则不

能；look和seem可跟as if从句，而appear则不能；

seem和appear可川于It seems / appears that-clause

中，而look不能；seem和appear可用于There seems /

appears to be...中，而look不能。例如：

The noise appeared to be endless. 这喧闹声好像永无休止。

There appears to be no student in the classroom. 教室里

似乎没有一个学生。

The stars look very smaIl only because they are much far-

ther away. 星星看上去很小，仅仅是他们太小的缘故。

It seems as if it is going to rain. You'd better take your

umbrella with you. = It looks like rain. You'd better

take your umbrella with you. 天好像要下雨，你最好带

把雨伞。

His father seems much better today. 他爸爸今天似乎好

多了。

The baby seems to be sleeping．Don't make so much

noise. 孩子好像在睡觉，别这么吵。

It seems that he is lying. 看样子他好像是在撒谎。

There seems to be an important meeting tonight. 今晚

好像有个重要会议。

[考例2](2001上海)Do let your mother know aIl the

truth. She appears ____ everything.

　　 A. to tell　　 B. to be told

　　 C. to be telling　　 D. to have been told

[考查目标]appear + 动词不定式用法。

[答案与解析]D　 根据前面的分句意思“务必让你的妈

妈知道所有的真相”。其原因是似乎别人已经告诉她所

有的事情。

1. 出现，露面

3. adjust v. 调整，使适应，使适合 She carefully adjusted her clothes and her hair before going out. 她出门之前仔细地整了整衣服和头发。He is unable to adjust themselves to their environment. 他们不能调整自己以适应环境的变化。Please do not adjust your set, eg as a warning on a TV screen that the controls do not need to be changed. 请勿自行调节，如电视机屏幕上的警告语句，意为各项操作装置无需更改。

[考点2]appear 的用法

▲ 构词：

① appearance n. [c；u]

1. ability n. 能力

What a pity. He has the ability to learn, but he doesn't want to. 很遗憾，他有能力学，然而不想学。Mary is a woman of great ability. 玛丽是个很有能力的女子。The school cares for children 0f different abilities. 学校关心不同才能孩子的需要。

10. How would people use it?

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9. What's it made of?

8. How does it work?

7. This is a new way of...

6. This invention can help people...

5. I would try to...