| 单词 | on the face of it |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also †in) the face of it g. on (also †in) the face of it: on a merely superficial view, at first sight; without knowing all of the relevant facts, apparently.Originally a figurative use of sense 11d. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [adverb] > at (first) sight at (the, as to the) first sightc1390 at prime facea1413 by the first visage1422 at a lookc1450 on (also upon) (the) view of1489 prima faciec1500 at one sight1508 at the first show of1549 at first gaze1577 prima fronte1622 on (also in) the face of ita1656 on the view1823 a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 80 Every novelty carries suspicion in the face of it. 1732 Sir C. Wogan in J. Swift Wks. (1841) II. 669/1 The very distinction [of English and Irish] carries in the face of it a lessening, and strikes the fancy [etc.]. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. ii. 22 Wearing on the face of it a proof of its own injustice, a proof of the unsolidity of the ground. 1882 Knowledge 2 70 The whole theory was absurd on the face of it. 1923 ‘J. J. Connington’ Nordenholt's Million vi. 71 It certainly seemed on the face of it to be a very useless accomplishment. 2002 Independent 6 May 12/7 It doesn't, on the face of it, seem a very serious or plausible idea; but there is an element of truth to it. < as lemmas |
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