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]