seeming

adjective
🔊/ˈsiːmɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsiːmɪŋ/
[only before noun] (formal)
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  1. appearing to be something that may not be true看似…(而实际未必)的;表面上的;貌似…的 synonym apparent
    • a seeming impossibility表面看来不可能的事
    • She handled the matter with seeming indifference.她看似漫不经心地处理了这件事。🔊🔊
    • We discussed the seeming contradiction of his arguments.我们讨论了他那表面看来自相矛盾的论点。
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySeeming is used with these nouns:
    • contradiction
    • ease
    • inability
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