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.
而在英國國内,事情表面上看來要簡單一些。
Social unrest, never far below the surface in Brazil, has erupted over the last few days.
巴西一直以來一觸即發的社會不安定因素在過去的幾天裏爆發了。
It's brought to the surface a much wider controversy.
這使得更廣泛的爭論浮現了出來。
4ADJ [ADJ n](軍隊)陸上的,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. (軍隊)陸上的,水上的
In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.
同其水面艦隊相比,英國的潛艇部隊規模相對較小。
...Nato surface forces.
北約地面部隊
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 (一段時間未見後)現身,露面;醒來 When someone surfaces, they appear after not being seen for some time, for example because they have been asleep. (一段時間未見後)現身,露面;醒來 [informal]
There's no chance that he'll surface because he's bound to have heard by now. [VERB]