1. 明显的;显然的;清楚的
    If something is evident, you notice it easily and clearly.

    e.g. His footprints were clearly evident in the heavy dust...
           厚厚的尘土中他的脚印清晰易见。
    e.g. The threat of inflation is already evident in bond prices.
           通货膨胀的危险在证券价格上已经表现得很明显。

2. 显然的;明显的
    You use evident to show that you are certain about a situation or fact and your interpretation of it.

    e.g. It was evident that she had once been a beauty...
           显然她曾是个美人儿。
    e.g. The cities are bombarded day after day in an evident effort to force their surrender.
           那些城市遭到日复一日的炮轰，目的显然是要逼他们投降。

3. see also: self-evident