The victims were mostly Shi'ite muslims, in what appears to be a bid to set off further sectarian warfare.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

What appears to the naked eye to be just glowing is actually superposition of different lines of distinct frequency. So, you see, this is quantized.

出现在肉眼面前的光亮,事实上是波段不同的光线的叠加,所以，它是量子化的。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

It just means a physical place, and what it appears to be is the citadel, the fortress that was the center of the towns that grew up after the Bronze Age, after the collapse of the Mycenaean world.

它只是一个物理上的地名,它看上去像城堡,要塞,是在青铜时代完结,迈锡尼世界崩塌之后,所建立的城镇的中心

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Now with widespread allegations of vote-rigging, the British government is having to justify why British service personnel are dying for what appears to be a far from democratic election.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Professor Ahmed Abdul-Karim Saif, who teaches at the University of Sanaa, says that both the government and the Houthi rebels are trying to "improve their positions" in the build-up to what appears to be an imminent ceasefire.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

Armstrong began to describe what he saw: "The surface appears to be very, very fine grain,like a powder.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

"What it appears to be is an attempt to save face with the government, which is asking for help,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

Bergdahl appears to be answering questions from someone off-camera, who also seems to prompt him about what to say.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20