1. on the surface: if a person,
place, or situation is pleasant, normal, calm etc. on the surface , they seem
that way until you know them better
例：
On the surface, life seemed normal in
Beirut at that time. （那時(shí)候貝魯特的生活表面看起來很平靜。）
Mike was very pleasant on the surface, but
he had a nasty temper. （邁克表面看起來很好相處的樣子，實(shí)際上他脾氣很差。）
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2. outwardly: if someone is
outwardly calm, happy etc., that is how they seem to be, but in fact they are
probably nervous, unhappy etc.
例：
Outwardly she seemed contented and happy with
life. （表面看來她好像對生活感到滿足快樂。）
outwardly calm/unconcerned etc.
Henry remained calm and outwardly
unaffected by the terrible events of the previous day. （亨利還是很冷靜，表面看起來沒被昨天的惡性事件影響到。）
Outwardly she is cool, calm, and
collected. （她看起來很冷靜很有自制力。）
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3. to all appearances: use this when
something seems to be true about someone or something especially when it is not
true
例：
To all appearances, they were a happily
married couple. （他們表面看上去像是幸福的一對。）
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4. on the face of it: use this to
say that something seems true, you mean that it seems true, but you are not at
all certain that it actually is, because you do not know all the facts
例：
On the face of it, this seems like a
perfectly good idea—we must wait and see if it turns out well. （這好像是個(gè)絕佳的主意，但到底好不好還要看結(jié)果才知道。）
On the face of it, he appeared to be an
ideal candidate for the position. （他可能是最適合的人選了。）
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5. seemingly:
seemingly impossible/endless/unimportant
etc.: seeming to be impossible, endless,
unimportant etc., especially when this is not actually true
例：
Running a mile in under 4 minutes was a
seemingly impossible task. （四分鐘內(nèi)跑一英里看起來似乎是個(gè)不可能完成的任務(wù)。）
I looked down at the seemingly endless
expanse of green of the Serengeti Plain. （我俯瞰塞倫蓋蒂平原，這片綠色好像無邊無際。
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The music was strange, seemingly without a
melody. （這音樂好奇怪，好像不成曲調(diào)。）
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6. seeming: seeming to be
true about someone's feelings, attitudes, or abilities
備注：''seeming''常用于正式的場合。
例：
I wondered why Richard is seeming
reluctance to talk about his family. （理查好像不愿意談及自己的家人，我想知道為什么。）
The professor became frustrated by his
students' seeming inability to understand simple questions. （學(xué)生們好像連很簡單的問題都弄不明白，教授因此很沮喪。）
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7. superficial: feelings, attitudes,
or qualities that are superficial are not real or true, even though someone or
something seems to have them
例：
The people are friendly, but only in a
superficial way. （這些人很和藹很好相處的樣子，但這只是表象。）
The landscape bore a superficial
resemblance to England's green and pleasant land, and each house had a small
suburban garden. （這里每家每戶都有一個(gè)小花園，看起來很像英格蘭，景色宜人、綠草遍地。）
Despite their superficial similarities, the
two novels are, in fact, very different. （雖然這兩部小說表面看起來很像，但實(shí)際上差別很大。）
Beneath his refined manners and superficial
elegance lay something treacherous. （他雖然表面看起來彬彬有禮、舉止優(yōu)雅，但實(shí)際上他很奸詐。）
at/on a superficial level
At a superficial level, things seem to have
remained the same. （表面看來，情況好像不會變了。）
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