on the surface

基本解釋

On the surface it was an idyllic life.
表面上這是一種悠閑的的生活。
As I said, we need to have two parameters on the surface and express everything in terms of these.
正如我所說，需要用兩個參數(shù)來建立曲面上的積分,并以此為基礎(chǔ)表示出平面上的所有量。
Since then, all has been quiet—at least on the surface.
從那以后，它一直很平靜，至少表面上很平靜。

Real La Nina events have been linked with cooler than normal temperatures on the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean.
There are proteins, for example, on the surface of some cells that bind insulin and respond to the presence of insulin.
比如說蛋白,有些細胞表面上的蛋白,捕獲胰島素并且對胰島素進行應答
耶魯公開課 - 生物醫(yī)學工程探索課程節(jié)選
When God began this process of creating the heaven and the earth, And the earth was unformed and void, And his wind was on the surface of the deep and so on, He said, "Let there be light and there was light."
當上帝開始開創(chuàng)天地的過程，大地一片混沌，虛空無形，他的呼吸掠過這混沌的表面，他說，“要有光，于是便有了光“
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節(jié)選

On the surface side, Joy has nearly twice the sales of its nearest competitor, Bucyrus International.
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