| 单词 | to take at face value |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (a person or thing) at face value face value n. the value printed or depicted on a coin, banknote, ticket, etc., especially when less than the actual value; (figurative) the apparent character, nature, worth, or meaning of a person or thing; chiefly in to take (a person or thing) at face value. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > as amount stated on face of note, coin, or stamp nominal value1696 face value1851 facial value1859 1851 Times 17 June 8/1 The Funding Bill will depreciate this class of paper, as it only bears its face value. 1878 F. A. Walker Money xx. 461 Some English Merchant who is bound to pay money in the United States for more than the face-value of his claim. 1883 J. L. Whitney in Lit. World 8 Sept. 293/1 He must take the advertisements of publishers at their face value, and regard them as what they claim to be. 1891 Law Times 91 224/1 The note is still worth its face value. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 175 He is plausible and cunning... Don't take him at his face value. There is more behind. 1974 Times 6 Mar. 4/3 A scheme to cash stolen pension books with a face value of more than £750,000. 2004 Washington Post 29 Sept. (Home ed.) c11/1 She tells me she..would like ‘to keep hanging out and getting to know each other’. Am I a total goob taking this at face value? < as lemmas |
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