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| /ˌsuːpəˈfɪʃl/ |
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| 1 | affecting or involving only the surface or outside part of something 表面的；表皮的 |
| Her injuries were only superficial. 她只受了点皮外伤。 |
| The house suffered superficial damage from the flood. 这幢房子由于水灾外表受损。 |
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| 2 | not complete or thorough 不全面的；肤浅的；粗略的 |
| The study is too superficial for us to reach any conclusion. 这项研究太肤浅了，我们得不出任何结论。 |
| I have only a superficial knowledge of the subject. 我对这门学科仅略知一二。 |
| She made a quick and superficial examination of the car. 她迅速地粗略检查了一下这部轿车。 |
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| 3 | a superficial person does not think about serious or important things （思想）浅薄的，缺乏深度的 |
| Sarah is so superficial – she only cares about how she looks. 萨拉非常浅薄，她只关心自己的容貌。 |
| He writes about living in a greedy and superficial society. 他描写了在一个贪婪且浅薄无知的社会里生活的情形。 |
| | 3a | not important or not having a serious effect 不重要的；无关痛痒的 | | We talked about superficial topics like sport and the weather. 我们谈论了运动和天气之类无关紧要的话题。 | | These are superficial policy changes that help no one. 这些政策上的变化无关痛痒，对谁都没有帮助。 | |
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| 4 | used for describing the way something appears or seems to be although it is really not like this 表面相似的 |
| Any similarities between the countries are merely superficial. 这些国家之间的任何相像之处都仅仅是表面上的。 |
| The monkeys bear a superficial resemblance but are in fact quite distinct. 这些猴子外表相似，但实际上大不相同。 |
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| 5 | technical in or part of the top layer of something such as skin , soil , or rock （皮肤、土壤或岩石）表层的 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| superficiality noun U |
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| /ˌsuːpəfɪʃɪˈæləti/ |
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| superficially adv |
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