Judging by appearances can be misleading.

单凭外表判断可能出错。

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He knows better than to judge by appearances.

他明白得很，绝不会凭表面现象来判断。

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It tells us not to be fooled by appearances.

它告诉我们不要被外表所迷惑。

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Do not befooled by appearances.

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If you tend to buy by appearances, the S IV looks the part.

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Tommy Leggett, a bay foundation scientist and onetime waterman, says by appearances alone, the southern portions of the bay are doing better.

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Off the court Shaq was contributing ideas for new styles of the sneaker every year (there are now 100-plus Dunkman models) and drawing big crowds by appearances at Payless stores.

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