In this context the simplicity of a geometric motif may be more apparent than real.

在这种背景下，简单的几何图案可能比真实的更明显。

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The difficulty is more apparent than real.

困难更多是表面上的而不是实际上的。

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But the difference is more apparent than real.

但两者不过是貌似不同，实际是一回事。

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In truth many of the euro area's supposed strengths were always more apparent than real.

ECONOMIST: Europe's economy

But if their chief financiers are just three Wall Street banks, is this dispersion more apparent than real?

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

Once Mr Bush has more of his new team in place, other foreign-policy differences may start to seem more apparent than real.

ECONOMIST: Doubts on both sides of the Atlantic