呈现 / 呈现出【chéngxiàn / chéngxiàn chū】

呈现 says that a situation, a place or a set of data shows a certain state or feature. Its object is an abstract noun – 特点, 趋势, 局面, 景象, 面貌 – usually with a description joined on by 的. 出 after it is optional and adds a sense of something coming into view.

It is written: reports, essays, descriptions of scenery. In speech 有 or 显得 covers the same ground.

With data it takes a pattern or a trend. The short form 呈 + 上升 / 下降趋势 has its own point.

Presenting to an audience

呈现 also means putting something in front of viewers or readers: a film presents a life, a painting presents a scene. 以…的形式呈现 says what form it takes.

Mistakes

呈现 doesn't take an adjective straight after it, and it isn't for handing an object to someone to look at – that is 给…看, or formally 出示.

• × 市场呈现很活跃 → 市场呈现出活跃的局面 / 市场很活跃
• × 他向我呈现了他的护照 → 他向我出示了他的护照