1、appear
好像;似乎;看來
There appears to be increasing support for the leadership to take a more aggressive stance.
好像有越來越多的人支持領導層采取更為強勢的立場。
The aircraft appears to have crashed near Katmandu.
飛機似乎在加德滿都附近墜毀了。
看起來;顯得
She did her best to appear more self-assured than she felt.
她竭力讓自己表現得比實際更自信。
He is anxious to appear a gentleman.
他急于想表現得像個紳士。
出現;顯現
A woman appeared at the far end of the street.
一個女人遠遠出現在街的盡頭。
Last night some of the prisoners appeared on the roof.
昨晚,其中幾個犯人出現在房頂上。
2、wonder
感到疑惑;納悶兒;想弄明白
I wondered what that noise was.
我納悶兒那是什么聲音。
'He claims to be her father,' said Max. 'We've been wondering about him.'
“他自稱是她父親,”馬克斯說,“我們一直都在懷疑他。”
(對…)大為吃驚,驚嘆
He liked to sit and wonder at all that had happened.
他喜歡坐著對發生的一切驚嘆不已。
Walk down Castle Street, admire our little jewel of a cathedral, then wonder at the castle.
沿著城堡街走下去,欣賞我們視若珍寶的教堂,繼而嘆服于城堡的壯觀。
奇事;怪事
It's a wonder that it took almost ten years.
這差不多用了10年的時間,真是樁奇事。
The wonder is that Olivier was not seriously hurt.
奧利維爾傷得不重,真是奇跡。