2009年2月26日星期四

visibly 看起来

如果用seemingly,有时会有暗示事实不是这样的意思,而这个词应该没有主观判断的色彩

 

Wu Shu-chen, the visibly frail and wheelchair-bound wife of former president Chen Shui-bian, appeared in court for the first time since she fainted halfway through her first court appearance more than two years ago.

 

 

 

From Longman:

 

in a way that is easy to see or notice

 

visibly shaken/shocked/upset etc

 

She was visibly shaken by the news.

 

in a way that is easy to see or notice

visibly shaken/shocked/upset etc She was visibly shaken by the news.

 

He was visibly upset by the loss.

 

Sentences from books, newspapers, etc.

 

After all, this is the woman who visibly was irritated by Miss Piggy on her prime-time Christmas special.

 

He seemed to be visibly losing weight.

 

Her parents, visibly upset, decided to allow her to calm down and not to disturb her.

 

Once, when morale was sagging, a visibly pregnant IsabelIa rode up to cheer the troops.

 

Provided there's nothing visibly offensive on the cover, it's not illegal to send catalogues like this through the post.

 

Wayne Gretzky, visibly shaken, skated over to check on his wife during a 10-minute delay in the game.

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