superficially
adverb
uk/ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl.i/us/ˌsuː.pɚˈfɪʃ.əl.i/superficiallyadverb(NOT REALLY)
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in a way thatseemsto berealorimportantwhen this is nottrueorcorrect:
ThejobI've beenofferedis superficiallyappealing, but IthinkI mightfinditboringafter a while.
Superficially, such achangemight beconsidereda good thing.
Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- appear
- as if/thoughidiom
- by the look(s) of thingsidiom
- come across
- come off
- outward
- outwardly
- parallax
- pass
- pass for sb/sth
- persona
- seemingly
- semblance
- so-called
- sound
- superficial
- superficiality
- supposed
- surface
superficiallyadverb(NOT COMPLETELY)
in a way that is notcompleteandinvolvesonly the mostobviousthings:
肤浅地Theargumentswere very superficiallydiscussed.这些论点得到了非常肤浅的讨论。
Booksaboutprofessionalsportsare usually superficiallyreportedandpoorlywritten.关于职业体育的书籍通常被肤浅地报道而且写得并不好。
Incomplete
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- broad brush
- demi-
- Eurocentric
- extent
- half
- imperfect
- imperfectly
- in a manner of speakingidiom
- incomplete
- incompletely
- incompleteness
- partly
- patchily
- patchiness
- patchy
- scratch/scrape the surfaceidiom
- semi
- surface
superficiallyadverb(ONLY ON SURFACE)
in a way that onlyaffectsthesurfaceof something:
表面地Maizestemssuperficiallyresemblebamboocanes.玉米茎表面上类似于竹藤。
Anyone whobathesregularlywithsoapandwatermay beconsideredsuperficiallyclean.任何经常用肥皂和水洗澡的人都可被认为是外表干净的。
Incomplete
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- broad brush
- demi-
- Eurocentric
- extent
- half
- imperfect
- imperfectly
- in a manner of speakingidiom
- incomplete
- incompletely
- incompleteness
- partly
- patchily
- patchiness
- patchy
- scratch/scrape the surfaceidiom
- semi
- surface
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superficial