| 释义 |
●on the ˈface of it (informal) as sth appears to you when you first look at or consider it, especially when your first impression may be or was wrong 在表面上；表面看来◆On the face of it the pay offer looked wonderful, but in fact it wasn’t nearly as good as we thought.
表面上这次许诺的报酬不错，其实远不像我们想得那么好。◆‘Well, what do you think of the new plans?’ ‘On the face of it, they look good but I think we need to look at them more closely.’
“呃，你觉得这些新计划怎么样？”“表面看来挺好的，但我认为我们需要更仔细地研究一下。” |