1、appear
好像;似乎;看来
There appears to be increasing support for the leadership to take a more aggressive stance.
好像有越来越多的人支持领导层采取更为强势的立场。
The aircraft appears to have crashed near Katmandu.
飞机似乎在加德满都附近坠毁了。
出现;显现
A woman appeared at the far end of the street.
一个女人远远出现在街的尽头。
Last night some of the prisoners appeared on the roof.
昨晚,其中几个犯人出现在房顶上。
开始存在;产生
small white flowers which appear in early summer.
初夏时绽放的白色小花
Slogans have appeared on walls around the city.
标语已出现在全城周围的墙上。
2、look up
(在参考书、列表等中)查检(事实或信息)
I looked your address up in the personnel file.
我在人事档案里找到了你的地址。
Many people have to look up the meaning of this word in the dictionary.
这个词的意思很多人都要查字典才知道。
拜访,探访,看望(久未见面的人)
I'll try to look him up, ask him a few questions.
我会设法登门拜访,问他几个问题。
She looked up some friends of bygone years.
她去看望了一些过去的老朋友。
改善;好转
Things could be looking up in the computer industry.
计算机行业的情况可能会好转。