It would seem to be a general truth that nothing is as straightforward as it at first seems.一切都不会像最初看起来那样简单——这似乎是一个普遍法则。At first it looked like I was going to win by acclamation.起初看起来我会以口头表决的方式获胜。It is, on the face of it, difficult to see how the West could radically change its position.初看起来，很难理解西方为何会立场突变。