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at first appearance
初看起来，乍眼一看
2.
At first sight this is proof that capitalism works.
初看起来，这是资本主义起作用的证明。
3.
The constancy of the speed of light seems, at first thought, unremarkable.
光速恒定，初看起来好像很平常。
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The answer at first seems to be a lemon, but they are at least the sort of questions that make one think.
这些问题初看起来无法回答，但至少能发人深思。
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At first, it looked as if Otzi had frozen to death in a snowstorm in the Alps.
初看起来奥兹似乎冻死于阿尔卑斯山的雪暴。
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At first sight, the economy hit the August turmoil in fine fettle.
初看起来，经济成功的回击了8月金融风波。
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At first glance this bears no resemblance to the classical definition of kinetic energy.
初看起来，它与动能的经典定义毫无相似之处。
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It seems at first to be irreconcilable with the principle of relativity.
初看起来，这一条好象与相对性原理是不相容的。
9.
Breakthrough ideas always seem impractical at first, so don’t get discouraged.
突破性的点子在最初看起来总是不可行的，所以不要泄气。
10.
This problem seemed to be complex in the first instance, but they could solve it easily.
这个问题初看起来复杂，但他们是能够轻易解决的。
11.
At first sight it might seem that all electrons which pass through the hole will have the same energy.
初看起来，似乎所有通过小孔的电子都会具有相同的能量。
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At first glance one would assume that such a technique would be extraordinary wasteful of computing time.
初看起来或许会觉得这种技术大概极其耗费计算时间。
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At first sight it might be thought that these two effects would be of the same order of magnitude.
初看起来，可能会认为两个效应的大小属于同一个数量级。
14.
He only seems like a stuffed shirt when you first meet him.
只有初次见面时,他看起来才会显得道貌岸然。
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These instructions may, at first, seem abstract. Do not let this disturb you.
这些训示起初可能看来空洞无物，别因此困惑。
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These organs appear at first to offer another and far more serious difficulty.
起初看来，这些器官好象还引起另外一个更为严重的难点。
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We started with what seemed the most simple and obvious filter.
起初我们着手研究的是看起来似乎最简单和最明显的滤波器。
18.
Mmm. They look delicious.
嗯。看起来很好吃。