3N-SING 表面;外表;表象 When you refer to the surface of a situation, you are talking about what can be seen easily rather than what is hidden or not immediately obvious. 表面;外表;表象
Back in Britain, things appear, on the surface, simpler.
而在英国国内,事情表面上看来要简单一些。
Social unrest, never far below the surface in Brazil, has erupted over the last few days.
巴西一直以来一触即发的社会不安定因素在过去的几天里爆发了。
It's brought to the surface a much wider controversy.
这使得更广泛的争论浮现了出来。
4ADJ [ADJ n](军队)陆上的,水上的Surface is used to describe the parts of the armed forces which travel by ship or by land rather than underwater or in the air. (军队)陆上的,水上的
In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.
同其水面舰队相比,英国的潜艇部队规模相对较小。
...Nato surface forces.
北约地面部队
5VERB 升到水面;浮出水面 If someone or something under water surfaces, they come up to the surface of the water. 升到水面;浮出水面
7VERB (一段时间未见后)现身,露面;醒来 When someone surfaces, they appear after not being seen for some time, for example because they have been asleep. (一段时间未见后)现身,露面;醒来 [informal]
There's no chance that he'll surface because he's bound to have heard by now. [VERB]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SURFACE | SURFACE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤even, flat, level, smooth平坦的表面;水平的表面;光滑的表面▸➤rough, uneven粗糙的/凹凸不平的表面▸➤curved彎曲的表面▸➤firm, hard, solid堅硬的/硬實的/結實的表面▸➤soft柔軟的表面▸➤slippery滑溜溜的表面▸➤calm, glassy, polished, reflective, shiny平靜的/光亮的/拋光的/反光的/閃光的表面◇the glassy surface of the lake光亮如鏡的湖面➤frozen結冰的表面◇The ball rolled onto the frozen surface of the pond.球滾到了池塘的冰面上。➤inner, interior, internal內表面◇the inner surface of a bone骨頭的內壁➤exterior, external, outer外表面▸➤lower, upper下表面;上表面▸➤water水面▸➤floor, ground, land, ocean, road, rock, sea, wall地板表面;地面;陸地表面;洋面;路面;岩石表面;海面;牆面▸➤kitchen, work, working廚房枱面;工作枱◇a cleaning product for all kitchen surfaces各種廚房枱面的清潔產品VERB + SURFACE➤come to, come up to, reach, rise to顯露;升上表面;到達表面➤hit到達表面▸➤bring sth to使⋯來到表面◇The captain brought the submarine to the surface.艇長使潛水艇升到水面上。➤coat, cover覆蓋/蓋住表面➤break, penetrate打破/穿透表面➤smooth使表面光滑◇Smooth the surface with a spatula.用抹刀把表面抹平。➤scratch, skim, touch (allfigurative) 淺嘗輒止;隔靴搔癢◇The investigation barely scratched the surface of the city's drug problem.這次調查只是觸及了該城市毒品問題的表面。SURFACE + NOUN➤area表面面積▸➤level表面層▸➤layer表層◇the surface layer of the skin皮膚的表層➤temperature, tension表面溫度/張力▸➤water地表水◇Surface water made driving conditions hazardous.路面積水對行車安全構成隱患。PREPOSITION➤above the surface, on a/the surface, over the surface在表面上方;在表面上;表面上看◇A trail of flowers floated on the surface of the water.一串花漂浮在水面。◇The breeze created a slight ripple on the surface of the pond.微風讓池塘的水面泛起漣漪。◇On the surface his words were funny, but I detected a lot of anger behind them. (figurative) 他的話表面上好笑,但我覺察出這些話背後隱藏着一肚子怨氣。➤below the surface, beneath the surface, under the surface在表面以下;實際上◇The ring slowly sank beneath the surface of the mud pool.戒指慢慢沉入了泥潭。◇She gives the impression of being rather conventional, but under the surface she is wildly eccentric. (figurative) 她給人印象很傳統,實際上卻是個極不尋常的人。➤across the surface, along the surface橫穿表面;沿着表面➤in the surface在表層◇Cracks began to appear in the surface of the earth.地球表面開始出現裂縫。PHRASES➤the Earth's surface, the surface of the Earth地球表面◇Visible light from the sun passes through the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.太陽發出的可見光穿過大氣層照到地球表面。