apparently
UK [ə'pær.ənt.li] US [-'per-] adverb
IMPROVER
■used to say you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true 据…所知；看来；据说；听说•Apparently it's going to rain today.看来今天会下雨。 •Apparently he's had enough of England and is going back to Australia.据说他在英格兰呆够了，要回澳大利亚。 IMPROVER
■used when the real situation is different from what you thought it was 实际上•You know I told you Alice's party was on the 13th, well I saw her last night and apparently it's on the 14th.你还记得我告诉过你爱丽丝的聚会在13号举行，可是我昨晚见到她后得知实际上是14号。 •She looks about 10 but apparently she's 14.她看上去差不多10岁，可实际上都14岁了。 •I thought they were married but apparently not (= they are not married).我以为他们结婚了，但实际上并不是这样。 IMPROVER
■used to say that something seems to be true, although it is not certain 好像；似乎；看起来•An eighty-year-old woman was badly hurt in what the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack (= an attack with no obvious purpose).一位80岁的老太太遇袭受重伤，警方称这似乎是一次无动机袭击。 |