semblance

うわべ、見せかけ

実際にはない、またはわずかしかない性質や状態があるように見えること。

やさしい英語で： An appearance of a quality or situation, even when it is absent or barely exists.

• She kept a semblance of calm.
• The guards restored some semblance of order.
• His friendly smile gave the meeting a semblance of warmth.

使い方： a semblance of something (We tried to maintain a semblance of normality.)

類義語： appearance, show

よく使う表現： a semblance of order, maintain a semblance, restore some semblance

外観、姿

人や物の、目に見える姿や形。

やさしい英語で： The visible shape or appearance of someone or something.

• Its semblance changed in the light.
• The creature had a strange, almost human semblance.
• She studied the statue’s outward semblance.

類義語： appearance, form

よく使う表現： outward semblance, human semblance

似姿、類似

別の人や物に似ている外見。

やさしい英語で： An appearance that looks like someone or something else.

• The carving bore a semblance of her face.
• They built a rough semblance of the original house.
• The clouds took on the semblance of distant mountains.

使い方： a semblance of someone/something (The mask bore a semblance of his face.)

類義語： likeness, resemblance

よく使う表現： a semblance of someone, bear some semblance

幻影、幻

目の前に現れたように見える、実体のない姿や像。

やさしい英語で： A figure or image that seems to appear before your eyes, especially something unreal.

• A pale semblance appeared before him.
• She saw the semblance of her father in a dream.
• The ghostly semblance faded into the mist.

使い方： the semblance of someone/something (The semblance of a woman appeared in the doorway.)

類義語： apparition, vision, phantom

よく使う表現： a ghostly semblance, the semblance of someone