Tra từ apparent - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ap·par·ent AW BrE [əˈpærənt] NAmE [əˈpærənt] adjective
1. not usually before noun easy to see or understand
Syn: ↑obvious
• Their devotion was apparent.
• Then, for no apparent reason, the train suddenly stopped.
•~ (from sth) (that…) It was apparent from her face that she was really upset.
•~ (to sb) (that…) It soon became apparent to everyone that he couldn't sing.
2. usually before noun that seems to be real or true but may not be
Syn: ↑seeming
• My parents were concerned at my apparent lack of enthusiasm for school.
• Their affluence is more apparent than real (= they are not as rich as they seem to be).
see also ↑appear

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French aparant, from Latin apparent- ‘appearing’, from the verb apparere, from ad- ‘towards’ + parere ‘come into view’.

Thesaurus:
apparent [apparent] adj.
1.
•For no apparent reason the train suddenly stopped.
evident • • obvious • • clear • • plain • • self-evident • • visible • |formal discernible •
apparent/evident/obvious/clear/plain/self-evident/visible/discernible to sb/sth
apparent/evident/obvious/clear/plain/self-evident/visible/discernible from/in sth
apparent/evident/obvious/clear/plain/self-evident/visible/discernible that…
Which word? Apparent and evident are both rather formal. In the expressions for no apparent reason, for obvious reasons, clear majority and plain to see, none of the other words can be used instead.
2. usually before noun
•an apparent lack of enthusiasm
outward • • superficial • |formal seeming • • ostensible • • alleged • • purported • |usually disapproving supposed • • so-called •
Opp: genuine
a/an apparent/seeming/alleged/supposed contradiction/failure/inability
a/an apparent/superficial/alleged/supposed similarity
the apparent/ostensible/alleged/supposed purpose/reason

Language Bank:
illustrate
Referring to a chart, graph or table
▪ This bar chart illustrates ▪ how many journeys people made on public transport over a three-month period.
▪ This table compares ▪ bus, train, and taxi use between April and June.
▪ The results are shown ▪ in the chart below.
▪ In this pie chart, the survey results are broken down ▪ by age.
▪ This pie chart breaks down ▪ the survey results by age.
As can be seen from ▪ these results, younger people use buses more than older people.
According to ▪ these figures, bus travel accounts for 60% of public transport use.
From ▪ the data in the above graph, it is apparent that ▪ buses are the most widely used form of public transport.
Language Banks at ↑evidence, ↑fall, ↑increase, ↑proportion, ↑surprising

Synonyms:
clear
obvious • apparent • evident • plain
These words all describe sth that is easy to see or understand and leaves no doubts or confusion.
clear • easy to see or understand and leaving no doubts: ▪ It was quite clear to me that she was lying.
obvious • easy to see or understand: ▪ It's obvious from what he said that something is wrong.
apparent • [not usually before noun] (rather formal) easy to see or understand: ▪ It was apparent from her face that she was really upset.
evident • (rather formal) easy to see or understand: ▪ The orchestra played with evident enjoyment.
plain • easy to see or understand: ▪ He ▪ made it ▪ very ▪ plain ▪ that he wanted us to leave.
which word?
These words all have almost exactly the same meaning. There are slight differences in register and patterns of use. If you make sth clear/plain, you do so deliberately because you want people to understand sth; if you make sth obvious, you usually do it without meaning to: I hope I make myself obvious. ◇ Try not to make it so clear/plain. In the expressions clear majority, for obvious reasons, for no apparent reason and plain to see, none of the other words can be used instead. You can have a clear/an obvious/a plain case of sth but not: an evident case of sth.
clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain to sb/sth
clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain that/what/who/how/where/why…
to seem/become/make sth clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain
perfectly/quite/very clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain

Example Bank:
•His lack of experience was quite apparent to everyone.
•His unhappiness was all too apparent.
•It soon became apparent that the company was losing money.
•Local suspicion of the incomers was painfully apparent.
•The extent of their injuries was not immediately apparent.
•His devotion to her was increasingly apparent.
•It soon became apparent to everyone that he couldn't sing.
•Their affluence is more apparent than real.
•Then, for no apparent reason, the train suddenly stopped.