on the face of it

基本解釋

On the face of it Palestinians have chosen principle over pragmatism.
面對(duì)這項(xiàng)建議，巴勒斯坦人選擇了實(shí)用主義的原則。
On the face of it, that sounds like a scenario straight out of cheap science fiction.
乍看起來，這種情況，聽起來好像是直接來自廉價(jià)科幻小說的情節(jié)。
On the face of it, that sounds like a scenario straight out of cheap science fiction. But even if the odds of calamity are small, why gamble?
乍看起來，這種情況，聽起來好像是直接來自廉價(jià)科幻小說的情節(jié)。雖然造成災(zāi)難的可能性很小，可是為什么要去冒險(xiǎn)呢？

Geithner,who appeared on CBS' "Face the Nation" program, called it the "crude reality" of recoveries.
And there is a very big difference between these two simplicities, even though on the face of it, they may at times look similar.
這兩種簡(jiǎn)單性之間有很大的區(qū)別，盡管乍看起來，他們有時(shí)也許是相似的。
哈佛公開課 - 幸福課課程節(jié)選
What he quotes from Levi-Strauss would seem, on the face of it, to have exactly the same kinds of reservation and hesitation about the emergence or birth of language that Derrida himself has.
他引用列維，施特勞斯的部分看上去，乍看起來，與德里達(dá)有同樣的保留和遲疑,關(guān)于語言的誕生。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

On the face of it, two sleepy companies, structured as so-called master limited partnerships (MLPs), merged.
FORBES: Energy MLPs acquire so they can borrow cheaply... and do more deals