on the face of it

釋義

1. 表面上看

   used to say that sth seems to be good, true, etc. but that this opinion may need to be changed when you know more about it

   On the face of it, it seems like a great deal.表面上看來好像很多。

電影裡這樣說 · 1 部

• - Those. Them. - It's absurd on the face of it.His Girl Friday1940
• step out and walk on the face of it.Apollo 131995
• but then face-to-face.Hillbilly Elegy2020
• With a face-shaped face.Predestination2014
• In the face! In the face!The Hangover2009
• Making friends face-to-face?Ron's Gone Wrong2021
• Oh, the face. The face.You Don't Mess with the Zohan2008
• Sad face. Sad face.Hunt for the Wilderpeople2016

在完整場景裡學

• 女友禮拜五1940
  • 前妻回編輯部辭行：gum up the works（把事攪黃）
  • 到報社提出辭職：hard feelings（記恨）
  • 約見未婚夫暗中試探：take the wind out of someone's sail（讓人洩氣）

同一詞條的短語

• disappear off the face of the earth
• face doesn't fit
• face is like thunder
• face to face
• face to face with
• face up
• have the face to do
• in face
• in the face of
• lose face
• pull faces face
• put your face on

習語頻道里接下來

• pat on the back
• take into consideration
• be on a roll
• nothing of the kind
• under pressure
• close by
• out of your hands
• that's that
• every penny
• in black and white
• have to hand it to
• with your bare hands