N-COUNT 表面;表层;上面 The surface of something is the flat top part of it or the outside of it.
Ozone forms a protective layer between 12 and 30 miles above the Earth's surface.
臭氧在地球表面上方 12 到 30 英里处形成一个保护层。
...tiny little waves on the surface of the water...
水面的涟漪
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N-COUNT 桌面;台面;操作台 A work surface is a flat area, for example the top of a table, desk, or kitchen cupboard, on which you can work.
It can simply be left on the work surface...
把它放在操作台上就行了。
Place the fish on a flat surface and sprinkle the flesh with lemon juice and pepper.
将鱼放在案面上并在鱼肉上撒柠檬汁和胡椒粉。
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N-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.
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。
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ADJ (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.
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
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VERB 升到水面;浮出水面 If someone or something under water surfaces, they come up to the surface of the water.
He surfaced, gasping for air.
他浮出水面，大口吸气。
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VERB 显露;暴露;流露;公开 When something such as a piece of news, a feeling, or a problem surfaces, it becomes known or becomes obvious.
The paper says the evidence, when it surfaces, is certain to cause uproar...
该报称该证据一经披露，一定会引起骚动。
The emotions will surface at some point in life...
各种情绪都会在生活中的某个时刻流露出来。
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VERB (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.
There's no chance that he'll surface because he's bound to have heard by now...
他不会再出现了，因为他现在肯定听说了。
What time do you surface?
