clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"心や感覚、または判断にはっきりと表される著明
例:The effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields. カラカラに乾いた広場を見る人には、干ばつの影響は明らかである。
appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"そのように現れること、だが必ずしもそうではない見かけ上の
例:for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent 彼の明白な富にもかかわらず、彼には、賃貸料を払うお金があなかった