semblance
英 ['sembləns]
美 ['sɛmbləns]
語源
semblance、semblance、外観。古フランス語のsembler「見る」から、ラテン語のsimulare「模倣する」に由来し、語源的には同じ、似ている。
英語の語源
- semblance
- semblance: see similar
- semblance (n.)
- c. 1300, "fact of appearing to view," from Old French semblance, from semblant "likeness, appearance," present participle of sembler "to seem, appear," from Latin simulare "to resemble, imitate," from similis "like" (see similar (adj.)). Meaning "person's appearance or demeanor" is attested from c. 1400; that of "false, assumed or deceiving appearance" is from 1590s. Meaning "person or thing that resembles another" is attested from 1510s.
例文
- 1. They had nursed Peter back to some semblance of health.
- 彼らの世話で、ピーターは元気になったようだ。
- 2.The ceasefire brought about a semblance of peace.
- 停戦協定は表面的な平和をもたらした。
- 3.He tried to restore some semblance of normality to their home life.
- 彼は彼らの家庭生活を正常に戻すように努力した。
- 4.By now any semblance of normality had disappeard.
- 今では、どのような常態的な仮象も消えている。
- 5.Her semblance of anger frightened the children.
- 彼女の怒った様子に子供たちは怯えていた。
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