on the face of it

英 美
  • 从表面判断;乍看起来
  • face n.表面;脸;表情v.面对;面向;朝
  • it pron.它
  • of prep.关于;...的(表所属);出身于;由于
  • on prep.在...之上;由...支撑着;在(某一天);关于;基于adv.穿着;向前(移动);表示持续性adj.表示已连接、处于工作状态或使用中;发生;值班
  • the art.那;这;这些;那些adv.(用于比较级前)更加;用于最高级前;(用于形容词、副词比较级前)越...越...
Adverb:
  1. from appearances alone;

    "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"
    "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"
    "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"
    "on the face of it the problem seems minor"

    1. The notion of decoding the brain's commands can seem, on the face of it, to be pure hubris.
      解码大脑指令的想法乍看起来可能像是十足的狂妄自大。

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