从表面上看, 为了保护其投资, 英国于1882年夺取了埃及政府的控制权, 但对奥斯曼帝国的名义效忠一直持续到1914。 Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt's government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914.
“从表面上看”,根据不同上下文而有多种说法,如: - it/he/she/they look(s) like,比如说,“他没有看上去那么强壮”:he's not that strong as he looks like. - seem,这个词可以有多种用法来表达“从表面上看”,建议你去看看字典,我只举一个例子:“此事没有看上去那么简单 ...