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seem: 話し手の主に主観的な判断で「…と思われる」ことを表す
appear: seemより〘かたい〙 語で, 主に客観的判断から「そう見える」ことを表す
look: 外観[外見]から見て「…のように見える」ことを表す
verb no object
1. come into sight; become visible or noticeable, typically without visible agent or apparent cause:
〖appear+副詞〗 〈物・人・現象などが〉(不意に)…に現れる, 見える; …に(初めて)出現する(↔ disappear)
e.g. smoke appeared on the horizon.
come into existence or use:
e.g. the major life forms appeared on earth.
(of a book) be published:
〈本が〉(…の時期に)出版される, 〈製品が〉 【市場・店に】出回る, 並ぶ «on, in»
e.g. the paperback edition didn't appear for another two years.
(of an accused person, witness, or lawyer) make an official appearance in a court of law:
〘法〙 〈人が〉 «委員会・法廷などに/…の代理人として» (召還に応じて)出頭する, (証言・裁判のために)出廷する «before, in/for, on behalf of»
e.g. he appeared on six charges of theft.
perform publicly in a movie, play, etc.:
〈人が〉 【テレビ・映画・劇に/劇場に/役で】出演する, 出場する; 登場する «on, in/at/as» (!芝居のト書きで)
e.g. he appeared on Broadway.
feature or be shown:
〈記事・名前などが〉 【新聞・名簿などに】載る[載っている] «in, on» (!進行形にしない)
e.g. the symbol appears in many paintings of the period.
informal arrive at a place:
⦅くだけて⦆ 〈人が〉(遅れて・予期せず・一時的に)…に姿を現す, 来る(arrive, ⦅よりくだけて⦆ show up)
e.g. by ten o'clock Bill still hadn't appeared.
2. seem; give the impression of being:
〖appear to do〗 〈人・物などが〉…するように見える, する模様である (!いずれも進行形にしない)
e.g. with infinitive : she appeared not to know what was happening
〖it appears (to A) (that)節〗 (A〈人〉に)…と思われる; ⦅まれ⦆ (証拠から)明らかに…である (!(1)主張を控えめに述べる. (2)進行形にしない. (3)挿入節として文尾・文中も可能)
e.g. with clause : it appears unlikely that interest rates will fall
〖appear (to be) C〗 〈人・物などが〉C〈状態〉に見える, Cの模様である (!Cは〖形容詞〗〖現在分詞〗〖過分〗〖名詞〗前置詞句など)
e.g. with complement : he appeared unaware of the rebuke.
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French apareir, from Latin apparere, from ad- ‘towards’ + parere ‘come into view’.