[mass noun]the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different 外表,外形(尤指假象) she tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order. 她试图理清自己的思绪。 ■(archaic)resemblance; similarity (古)相似之处;类似 it bears some semblance to the thing I have in mind. 它与我所想的有些共同之处。
语源
Middle English: from Old French, from sembler 'seem', from Latin similare, simulare 'simulate'