at first sight

If you say that something seems to have certain characteristics at first sight, you mean that it appears to have the features you describe when you first see it but later it is found to be different.

如果你说某物似乎具有某些特征at first sight，你的意思是你在第一次见时看出它似乎具有特征，但后来发现它不同了。

At first sight it looked less like a capital city than a mining camp.

乍看上去,它不像是首府,更像是矿工村。

At first sight it resembles a traditional village.

乍一看，它就像个传统的村庄。