Superficial

(adj.) concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; 'superficial similarities'; 'a superficial mind'; 'his thinking was superficial and fuzzy'; 'superficial knowledge'; 'the superficial report didn't give the true picture'; 'only superficial differences' .

(adj.) of little substance or significance; 'a few superficial editorial changes'; 'only trivial objections' .

(adj.) of, affecting, or being on or near the surface; 'superficial measurements'; 'the superficial area of the wall'; 'a superficial wound' .

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• It was the superficial unreal world of fact. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Too often the pupil comes out with a smattering which is too superficial to be scientific and too technical to be applicable to ordinary affairs. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Her relation with her aunt was as superficial as that of chance lodgers who pass on the stairs. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• We often hear (almost invariably, however, from superficial observers) that guilt can look like innocence. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• With a little familiarity such superficial objections will be forgotten. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• To superficial observers his chin had too vanishing an aspect, looking as if it were being gradually reabsorbed. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And then you reckon to have so much knowledge; and i' my thoughts it's only superficial sort o' vanities you're acquainted with. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It is full of inconsistencies, and though borrowed from Plato, shows but a superficial acquaintance with his writings. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But very superficial, said Holmes. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Such material is relatively technical and superficial. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• His perplexity was only superficial, new conditions reigned, the old were surpassed; here one did as one was possessed to do, no matter what it was. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It is good to disturb alignments: to break up a superficial unanimity. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• An admiration more superficial might have been more demonstrative; mine, however, was quiet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The two big parties have had to preserve a superficial homogeneity; and a platitude is more potent than an issue. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Life is not to be identified with every superficial act and interest. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But surely the analogy is superficial; the difference profound. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• As to his relations with women, they appeared to have been promiscuous but superficial. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Of course it took time to penetrate into the meat, but the first superficial penetration stopped the injurious effects of germs which set up putrefaction. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Thus Society escapes, and the illimitable power of Chemistry remains the slave of the most superficial and the most insignificant ends. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I use this crude example because it shows that even the most genuine and deeply grounded demands are as yet unable to free themselves entirely from a superficial manner of thinking. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• These were her superficial considerations; but under them lurked the secret dread that the obligation might not always remain intolerable. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Oh, remarkably superficial, said Holmes, smiling. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Each disc of wire composing it contains 676 superficial square inches, and the net has 10 meshes to the inch. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• You poor superficial Englishman, it is to magnify my own self-control. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• My judgment _was_ a very superficial one--such as I am capable of forming, she answered, with a prompt resentment, that needed no rehearsal. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Deliberation will be perfunctory and superficial where there is no interest. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It was very superficial, my dear Watson, I assure you. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Their thinking, in short, is perfectly static and literally superficial. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Such changes in the superficial parts of the globe seemed to me unlikely to happen if the earth were solid to the centre. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• A sensitive, vehement, passionate nature--a woman of ten thousand in these trivial, superficial times. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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