Superficial in english
Superficial
pronunciation: supɜrfɪʃəl part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: supɜrfɪʃəl part of speech: adjective
In gestures
superficial = shallow ; superficial ; facile ; sketchy ; lightweight [light-weight] ; perfunctory ; cosmetic ; skin deep ; surface.
Example: Overall, a shallow view of life will produce a shallow penetration into experience.Example: There is a distinct superficial similarity between a KWOC index and an index arranged under assigned or controlled subject headings.Example: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Example: I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.Example: David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.Example: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.Example: The author calls for more market research rather than just tinkering or applying fashionable cosmetic quick fixes.Example: The article 'Beauty is still only skin deep' argues that in e-business it is what is beneath the surface that counts such as the integration of sales and order information with the production, stocking and delivery of the product or service.Example: All of the wheel arches have started to rust but it's just surface rust at the minute.more:
» aguas superficiales = surface water .
Example: The test can be used for the determination of ammonium in wastewater, groundwater, surface water and seawater.» arteria temporal superficial = superficial temporal artery .
Example: The frontal branch of the superficial temporal artery is the one most often chosen for biopsy because it is easily accessible.» con heridas superficiales = superficially wounded .
Example: Problems were defined as superficially wounded, mortally wounded, or critical but treatable, and staff time directed to the treatable problems.» de manera muy superficial = sketchily .
Example: His Cubist still lifes with figures rendered in a sketchily classicized style echoes the conflict between the academic and the avant-garde in the early 20th century.» herida superficial = superficial wound ; flesh wound .
Example: In similarly superficial wounds that were larger, the wounds were covered with skin grafts. Example: Much to her relief, it looked like it was just a flesh wound.» tono superficial = light touch .
Example: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.