On first blush you may wonder if baby oil and sugar really is an effective method for exfoliating skin.

Thought the painting genuine at first blush.

一看就知道画是真品。

At first blush, this sounds ominous.

乍听上去，这像是个不祥之兆。

At first blush Mr Nasheed's notion seems a bit over the top.

乍一听，纳希德总统的想法似乎有点异想天开。

At first blush this seems counter to prevailing fashion.

初看之下，这似乎与当今的世界潮流相违。

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

因第一次罪而羞愧后，冷漠即生。

First blush, I'd say it's personal.

第一眼，我觉得是个人。

At first blush, this sounds like a pretty straightforward exchange of value.

乍一看，这个项目显然是一次直白的价值交换。

While Apple's latest devices seem impressive on first blush, questions remain.

第一眼看到苹果的最新设备似乎让人印象深刻，但是这些设备仍然有一些问题。

At first blush, this idea seems ridiculous.

乍一看，此想法似乎很荒谬。

At first blush, it might seem crazy to advocate a tax increase during a major recession.

在大萧条的时候增税看起来有些疯狂。

But it also holds for risks that at first blush may appear to be idiosyncratic.

但是人们同样认为风险起先是有特质的。

Even the'Friendship Store', a state-owned relic from the first blush of China's opening to the world, had changed.

就连从中国改革开放第一波大潮中遗留下来的友谊商店也变了。

Though the affairs seem easy at the first blush, they are really difficult.

虽然这些事乍看似乎很简单，其实很困难。

At first blush the matter seems easy, in fact it is not ( quite) easy.

乍看起来事情很容易，实际上并不完全如此。

Video gaming looks, at first blush, like a very odd target for private equity.

乍看之下，私募股权把视频游戏作为目标很奇怪。

While that seems the most logical thing at first blush, making a career change now could actually be the better plan.

乍看之下这似乎是最合情合理的事情，但是如今，在职业上做出重大改变却可能是更好的计划。

Like the first blush of winter that signals a great migration.

就像第一场冬季的寒流，暗示着一场巨大的迁徙。

So, in a first blush, you might say, well, why don't we just take the first ionization energy?

当你在这个问题上第一次陷入尴尬境地的时候，你可能会说，我们为什么不取第一个电离能呢？

At first blush, the deal looks like a dream.

乍看之下，这像是一笔梦幻般的交易。

At first blush the woes of the mainstream left are surprising.

第二点就是普遍的对主流左翼党派态度苛刻。