单词 | scratch the surface |
释义 | scratch the surfacephrase See full dictionary entry for scratchIf you only scratch the surface of a subject or problem, you find out or do a small amount, but not enough to understand or solve it. We have barely begun to scratch the surface of the possibilities of new technology. [+ of] We had only two weeks to tour the country, which was hardly enough time to scratchthe surface. scratch the surface in American English to do, consider, or affect something superficially |
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