appearance

appearance
appearance [{{t}}ə'pɪərəns]
noun
(a) (act of appearing) apparition f;
∎ with the appearance of fast-food restaurants avec l'apparition ou l'arrivée des fast-foods;
∎ the antibiotics help guard against the appearance of further infections les antibiotiques contribuent à éviter l'apparition de nouvelles infections;
∎ she made a brief appearance at the party elle a fait une brève apparition à la fête;
∎ the president made a personal appearance le président est apparu en personne;
∎ to put in an appearance passer; (as token gesture) faire acte de présence
(b) (advent) avènement m; {{}}Commerce{{}} (of new product) mise f sur le marché; (of book, newspaper) parution f
(c) {{}}Law{{}} (in court) comparution f;
∎ to make an appearance before a court or a judge comparaître devant un tribunal
(d) (performance)
∎ this was her first appearance on the stage c'était sa première apparition sur scène;
∎ she's made a number of television appearances elle est passée plusieurs fois à la télévision;
∎ offers have flooded in since her television appearance les propositions ont afflué depuis son passage à la télévision;
∎ in order of appearance par ordre d'entrée en scène
(e) (outward aspect) apparence f, aspect m;
∎ from his appearance one would say… à son air ou son extérieur on dirait…;
∎ to have a good appearance (person) présenter bien;
∎ I tried to give the appearance that I cared j'ai essayé de donner l'impression que ça ne m'était pas indifférent;
∎ it has all the appearances of being a first-class show si l'on en juge par les apparences, ce devrait être un spectacle de premier ordre;
∎ to or by all appearances selon toute apparence;
∎ contrary to all appearances, against all appearances contrairement à toute apparence;
∎ appearances can be deceptive les apparences sont parfois trompeuses;
∎ don't judge by appearances ne vous fiez pas aux apparences, il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences;
∎ to keep up appearances sauver les apparences;
∎ for appearances' sake pour la forme

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