On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance.

从表面上看，他们的婚姻似乎是一个荒谬的结合。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

On the face of it, it seems like a great deal.

表面上看来好像很多。

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He was struggling to hold onto a rock on the face of the cliff.

他拼命挣扎着去抓悬崖壁上的一块岩石。

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He had the most appealing look in his eyes I ever saw on the face of a dumb or talking animal.

VOA: special.2011.01.22

In fact, the text says "and there is darkness on the face of deep."

事实上，文中说“混沌的表面一片黑暗“

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

And there is a very big difference between these two simplicities, even though on the face of it, they may at times look similar.

这两种简单性之间有很大的区别，尽管乍看起来，他们有时也许是相似的。

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So on the face of it, this latest analysis is a vote for conventional methods above organic.

BBC: Food: Organic growth?

On the face of it, two sleepy companies, structured as so-called master limited partnerships (MLPs), merged.

FORBES: Energy MLPs acquire so they can borrow cheaply... and do more deals

On the face of it, the euro zone combines both these cultures of debt.

WSJ: Lessons for Euro From Two Revolutions