an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;
\\\"he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity\\\"
\\\"he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction\\\"
\\\"the situation soon took on a different color\\\"
an erroneous mental representation
picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
造句
用作名詞(n.)
By now any semblance of normality had disappeared. 到了現在，任何常態的假象都消失了。
Your mother bears the semblance of yourself. 你的母親有你的相似之處。
Those clouds have the semblance of a large head. 那些云的形狀像一個巨大的人頭。
He escaped under the semblance of a university student. 他裝成一個大學生逃跑了。
He bears the semblance of an angel and the heart of a devil. 他貌似天使，心如魔鬼。
He was sad, but his face had the semblance of a smile. 他很傷心，但臉上露出微笑的表情。
常用短語
under the semblance of
在
put on a semblance of
裝做 ... 的樣...
have no semblance of
一點也不像
in semblance
外表上
組詞
I kept up the semblance of a perfectly false cheer.
出自：M. Gordon
The children were united only in preserving before Charles a semblance of harmony.