at first blush
介词短语
英文释义
介词短语
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Upon first impression or consideration; seemingly, apparently, ostensibly.
— The finer and more distinctive features of a land require deep study and long acquaintance, but the broader traits of nationality are caught in an instant, or not caught at all. Familiarity with, destroys them, and it is only at first blush that we learn to appreciate them with force.
词形变化
词源
From an obsolete sense of blush meaning to glance at.
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