1. 好像;似乎;看來(lái)
    If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.

    e.g. There appears to be increasing support for the leadership to take a more aggressive stance...
           好像有越來(lái)越多的人支持領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層采取更為強(qiáng)勢(shì)的立場(chǎng)。
    e.g. The aircraft appears to have crashed near Katmandu...
           飛機(jī)似乎在加德滿都附近墜毀了。

2. 看起來(lái)；顯得
    If someone or something appears to have a particular quality or characteristic, they give the impression of having that quality or characteristic.

appear

    e.g. She did her best to appear more self-assured than she felt...
           她竭力讓自己表現(xiàn)得比實(shí)際更自信。
    e.g. He is anxious to appear a gentleman...
           他急于想表現(xiàn)得像個(gè)紳士。

3. 出現(xiàn)；顯現(xiàn)
    When someone or something appears, they move into a position where you can see them.

    e.g. A woman appeared at the far end of the street...
           一個(gè)女人遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)出現(xiàn)在街的盡頭。
    e.g. Last night some of the prisoners appeared on the roof.
           昨晚，其中幾個(gè)犯人出現(xiàn)在房頂上。

4. 開(kāi)始存在；產(chǎn)生
    When something new appears, it begins to exist or reaches a stage of development where its existence can be noticed.

    e.g. ...small white flowers which appear in early summer...
           初夏時(shí)綻放的白色小花
    e.g. Slogans have appeared on walls around the city.
           標(biāo)語(yǔ)已出現(xiàn)在全城周圍的墻上。

5. （書籍等）出版，發(fā)表，問(wèn)世
    When something such as a book appears, it is published or becomes available for people to buy.

    e.g. I could hardly wait for 'Boys' World' to appear each month.
           每個(gè)月我都翹首期盼著《男孩世界》的出版。
    e.g. ...a poem which appeared in his last collection of verse.
           發(fā)表在他最后一部詩(shī)集中的一首詩(shī)

6. 演出；出場(chǎng)；表演
    When someone appears in something such as a play, a show, or a television programme, they take part in it.

    e.g. Jill Bennett became John Osborne's fourth wife, and appeared in several of his plays...
           吉爾·本內(nèi)特成為了約翰·奧斯本的第四任妻子，并參演過(guò)他的幾部戲劇。
    e.g. Student leaders appeared on television to ask for calm.
           學(xué)生領(lǐng)袖出現(xiàn)在電視上請(qǐng)求大家保持冷靜。

7. 出庭；到案
    When someone appears before a court of law or before an official committee, they go there in order to answer charges or to give information as a witness.

appear的解釋

    e.g. Two other executives appeared at Worthing Magistrates' Court charged with tax fraud...
           又有兩個(gè)經(jīng)理因偷稅漏稅指控被傳喚到沃辛治安法庭。
    e.g. The American will appear before members of the disciplinary committee at Portman Square.
           那個(gè)美國(guó)人將在波特曼廣場(chǎng)接受紀(jì)律委員會(huì)成員的審問(wèn)。