on the face of it

释义

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.表面上看来好像很多。

电影里这样说 · 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
• Making friends face-to-face?Ron's Gone Wrong2021
• Face to faceAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania2023
• Face to face at last.She Loves Me2016
• With a face-shaped face.Predestination2014
• Oh, the face. The face.You Don't Mess with the Zohan2008
• What's that face?Daddy Day Care2003

在完整场景里学

• 女友礼拜五1940
  • 前妻回编辑部辞行：gum up the works（把事搅黄）
  • 到报社提出辞职：hard feelings（记恨）
  • 约见未婚夫暗中试探：take the wind out of someone's sail（让人泄气）

同一词条的短语

• 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

习语频道里接下来

• 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