Major supermarkets, in meeting consumer expectations, will often reject entire crops of perfectly edible fruit and vegetables at the farm because they do not meet exacting marketing standards for their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Perfectly eatable fruit and vegetable crops often fail to reach supermarkets due to their size or physical appearance
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
And he had a really nice appearance.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
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N-COUNT
出席；参加；露面
When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it.
例句
It was the president's second public appearance to date...
这是总统到那时为止的第二次公开露面。
Keegan made 68 appearances in two seasons for Southampton, scoring 37 times.
基冈为南安普敦队踢了两个赛季，共上场68次，进球37个。
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N-SING
外貌；外表；外观
Someone's or something's appearance is the way that they look.
例句
She used to be so fussy about her appearance...
她过去非常在意自己的容貌。
He had the appearance of a college student...
他的模样就像个大学生。
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N-SING
（尤指出乎意料的）到来，出现
The appearance of someone or something in a place is their arrival there, especially when it is unexpected.
例句
The sudden appearance of a few bags of rice could start a riot.
突然出现几袋大米可能会引起骚乱。
...last Christmas, when there'd been the welcome appearance of Cousin Fred.
去年圣诞，堂兄弗雷德的现身受到热烈欢迎。
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N-SING
出现;开始使用;问世
The appearance of something new is its coming into existence or use.
例句
Flowering plants were making their first appearance, but were still a rarity...
显花植物开始出现了，但仍然很少。
Fears are growing of a cholera outbreak following the appearance of a number of cases in the city.
该市出现几起霍乱病例之后，人们对霍乱爆发的恐惧越来越强烈。
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N-SING
样子;表现
If something has the appearance of a quality, it seems to have that quality.
例句
We tried to meet both children's needs without the appearance of favoritism or unfairness...
我们尽力对两个孩子的需要都予以满足，而不显得有所偏向或袒护。
The US president risked giving the appearance that the US was taking sides.
美国总统冒险作出美国正在摆明立场的姿态。
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PHRASE
从外表看来;显然
If something is true to all appearances ,from all appearances, or by all appearances, it seems from what you observe or know about it that it is true.
例句
He was a small and to all appearances an unassuming man.
他个子小，看上去不事张扬。
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PHRASE
装样子；撑场面；打肿脸充胖子
If you keep up appearances, you try to behave and dress in a way that people expect of you, even if you can no longer afford it.
例句
His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.
父母过于爱面子的做法在他儿时一直困扰着他。
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PHRASE
露一下面;到场稍作停留
If you put in an appearance at an event, you go to it for a short time although you may not really want to, but do not stay.
例句
You must put in an appearance, at least, or she'll think you're avoiding her.
至少，你必须露一下面，否则她会认为你在躲避她。