as it seems

as it seems

释义：“像看上去的那样”，一般在日常使用和留学文书中用在否定的语境里，体现一种表象和本质的不一致性。在后者中常被用来形容不曾预料到的困境。

例句：
I am not as courageous as it seems.
Odd as it seems, at this stage the threatened absence of our military is a more effective weapon than the military itself for forcing change in Iraq.