Judging by appearances can be misleading.

单凭外表判断可能出错。

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It would be misleading to say that we were friends.

说我们是朋友会对别人产生误导。

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Looking only at that 15.2 percent "surge" would be misleading.

只看那15.2%的“激增”是有误导性的。

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What the extential is called inauthentic, They can be misleading.

表达的话语不足为信，很容易误导人。

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But this would be a partial and misleading promise.

但这一许诺也可能片面而具误导性。

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Others say the information (even if it is accurate) can be misleading to investors.

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Even more troublesome, those smooth curves going up, then down, turn out to be misleading.

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Second, official statistics showing that the finances of British companies are incredibly healthy may be misleading.

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