"on the surface" meaning in Anglais

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions adverbiales en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Métaphores en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen’s vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), 23 février 2016",
          "text": "On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who’s from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town (\"twinned with Chernobyl\"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "À la surface, en surface, de façon superficielle."
      ],
      "id": "fr-on_the_surface-en-adv-n18vyKck",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the surface"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Locutions adverbiales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
        "Métaphores en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen’s vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), 23 février 2016",
          "text": "On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who’s from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town (\"twinned with Chernobyl\"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "À la surface, en surface, de façon superficielle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the surface"
}