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On the face of it, the ad is an attempt to convince people that you're the good guys in this fight.
乍一看来，这则广告是说服人们你在这场战斗中是好人。
Well on the face of it, anyone would be daft not to get contents cover included on their van insurance.
那么就面对它，任何人都将是愚蠢的不要内容涵盖包括他们的面包车保险。
The iPad is a curiously seductive device for something that is, on the face of it, a touchscreen laptop with the keyboard removed.
从外观上看，iPad不过是一台不带键盘的触摸屏笔记本电脑，它能够如此吸引眼球让人诧异。
On the face of it, it seems as if most Asian nations are still emulating this western model.
从表面上看，大多数亚洲国家似乎仍在仿效这一西方模式。
On the face of things, capital punishment ought to be the ultimate deterrent. But it does not seem to be.
表面看来，死刑应是终极的威慑，但实际似乎不是。
On the face of it, yields of close to 8% should be enough to steady the market, provided investors start to regain their nerve.
乍看起来，假如投资者开始恢复镇静，近8%的收益率应足以稳定房产市场。
And that's when a look appears on the face of whoever I'm talking to, the horrified "it could have been me! " look.
所有人在听到这句的时候，都惊惧不已，一副“天哪，我可能就是下一个！”的表情。
On the face of it, those in the mobile camp seem to have won.
从表面看来，支持移动通信的阵营似乎已经赢了。
On the face of it, that sounds like a scenario straight out of cheap science fiction.
乍看起来，这种情况，听起来好像是直接来自廉价科幻小说的情节。
On the face of it there is much to be said for the Fed's and the Bank's approach.
从表面判断，对于美联储和英国央行的方法有很多要说的。
So London had, on the face of it, every incentive to help the Confederates tear America in two.
所以表面上来看，伦敦曾经有足够的理由去帮助南方邦联来使美国一分为二。
On the face of it, this is bizarre really because country music is all about heartache.
表面看，这比较奇怪因为乡村音乐是关于头痛的。
Each of these facets is like a facet on the face of diamond, reflecting a different aspect of the subject (see Figure 1).
其中每个方面就像是钻石表面上的一个小平面，反映了主体的一个不同方面（请参见图1）。
To the extent that successive governments had a strategy, it was on the face of it an attractive one: they believed in open energy markets.
从某种程度上来说，历届的英国政府都坚持一个战略——那就是他们相信开放的能源市场——它确实很有吸引力。
There's a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth.
荆棘鸟一生只唱一次，那歌声比世上所有一切生灵的歌声都更加优美动听。
On the face of it, a gloomy outlook argues for Treasuries.
表面看来，暗淡的经济前景有利于国债投资。
On the face of it, the pact is about bolstering the economic bit of Europe's economic and monetary union (see Charlemagne).
乍看之下，这项协议是为了促进欧洲经济与货币联盟中经济部分的发展。
You were the most rigorous woman on the surface of the earth. I was the most easy-going guy on the face of the planet.
你是这个世界上最苛刻的女人，而我是这个世界上最易相处的男人。
On the face of it, the measures seem surprising given that foreigners account for only a small part of property investment.
从表面上看，这些举措似乎让人感到惊讶，因为外国人仅占房地产投资中很小的一部分。
I still felt as a wanderer on the face of the earth, but I experienced firmer trust in myself and my own power.
我仍然觉得自己象是地球表面上的一个流浪者；可是，对于我自己和自己的力量我感到有了更坚定的信心。
His speciality was to tell you what any individual on the face of the globe was doing at the moment.
他的拿手本领是告诉你，地球上的某某人，目前正在做什么事情。
On the face of it, their troubles are few: in 20 years of radical change all the obvious economic issues have been dealt with.
直面问题后，他们就几乎没有什么麻烦，20年激进的改革中所有明显的经济问题已经得到解决。
"On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world, " he said.
“从表面上看，股东价值是世界上最愚蠢的想法，”他表示。
e. g. I see a depth of emotion on the face of that canine, the likes of which has never been captured on screen before!
我在那只狗的脸上看到了一种强烈的感情，这种情感从未在荧屏上出现过！
He was an alien , but it was not easy to embody the spirit of Buddhism on the face of an alien .
昙曜，他是克什米尔人，他是一个外族人，那么在这样一个外族人的脸上，要体现佛教的精神不是那么容易。
On the face of it, it is hard to think of a less likely trigger for trouble in global equity markets.
乍看之下，很难找到比中国更不可能引发全球股市麻烦的地方了。
Eye: En eye is one of the two organs on the face of a person, animal, or bird that are used for seeing.
眼睛是人，兽或鸟用来看东西的两个器官。
On the face of it, the trip could scarcely have been a more welcome respite for Mr Aso.
从表面来看，这次出访对麻生来说是再好不过的喘息。
On the face of it, he seems to be telling the truth though I suspect he's hiding something.
表面上看，他似乎说的是实话，可我怀疑他有隐
I wondered whether the stillness on the face of the immensity looking at us two were meant as an appeal or as a menace.
我不知道，正在注视我们两个的那种博大无极的外表所呈现出的沉默，意思是在呼吁还是威胁？
As you know, there are lots of nations on the face of the bulb.
正像你知道的，世界上有许多民族。
This journey, it is now universally agreed, was the "last great journey left on the face of the earth. "
现在人们普遍认为这次旅程是“人类在地球表面留下的最后一次大规模的探险活动。”
His speciality was to tell you what any individual on the face of the globe was doing at the moment.
他的拿手本领是告诉你，地球上的某某人，目前正在做什么事情。
On the face of it there seems much to be said for the world's shakers and movers meeting and talking frequently.
从表面上看，这个世界的大佬们频繁聚会和对话，肯定有说不完的话题。
there was an expression on the face of her intrepid protector which commanded her veneration.
在她这位勇敢的保护人脸上，有一种神圣庄严和权威的光芒。
On the face of it, this seems like a rather neat idea, which ticks every box for a mass action.
表面看来，“地球一小时”是一个相当不错的主意，它符合一个大型活动的所有标准。
The very idea of a cautious revolutionary would seem, on the face of it, a contradiction in terms.
从表面来看，“一位谨慎的革命者”这一概念绝对是自相矛盾的。
This world empire, based in a reunified Europe, will abrogate the sovereignty of every other nation on the face of the earth.
这个世界帝国，在一个统一的欧洲将废除所有其他国家的主权，就地球。
ON THE face of it, Congress has seldom been busier, or the parties more ready to co-operate.
表面看来，国会前所未有地忙碌，两党较前更愿相互合作。
A game on the face of it doesn't seem to do a lot, but the key gameplay fixes and changes create a domino effect on the rest of the product.
这是一个表面上不需要做很多改动的版本，但关键的修复和改进会产生多米诺效应。
Cost could be one of them, though on the face of it Britain is not out of line.
花费就是其中的一项，虽然从表面上看英国并没有什么问题。
