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On the face of it, life was a mixture of the quaint and the archaic

从表面上看来，生活是离奇有趣的事物和古老事物的混合体。

On the face of it, there are two basic options: first, resuscitate the bank as a viable, profit-making institution until the taxpayer is repaid and Northern Rock returned to the private sector; or, second, run the Rock down, selling its assets and collaring the cash for the public purse.

表面看来，基本有两种选择：第一，把银行救活使它能盈利，直到纳税人的钱还清后再实行私有制。第二，让北岩破产，变卖其资产还清纳税人的钱。

"On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world," he said.

"从表面上看，股东价值是世界上最愚蠢的想法，"他表示。

The story is false on the face of it.

这个故事明明是假的。

On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book.

这时我们要充分理解作者的含义：表面上是说旅游业不是一个重要的话题，实际上暗示出旅游业的重要性，为下文的反驳打好铺垫。

On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book.

略读是用来获取一个段落的中心头脑的想法。

On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book.

略读是用来获取一个段落的中心头脑的要领。

On the face of it, Britain ought to be attractive for budding green industrialists.

表面上，英国对处于萌芽中的绿色产业应该颇具吸引力。

Although on the face of it legitimacy resides in popular sovereignty, Japanese governance does not actually work like that.

在中国，与其说国家是一个民族的守护者，不如说它是一种文明的载体和代表。

This was due to earlier auto plant shutdowns but positive on the face of it.

这是由于先前部分汽车工厂关闭，但从表面上看，这是一个积极的迹象。

With the development of highway construction, the speed of cars has been gradually increased.

随着公路的发展，汽车的车速也在不断提高。

So we basically had to develop a bond with the animal in terms of socializing with it.

所以我们就主要想通过跟它沟通的方式来建立一种良好的关系。