Face value

1. value printed or stamped on money or postage stamps

钱币或邮票的面值；票面价值；票面额

2. (idm.) take sth/sb at (its, his, etc.) face value: assume that sth/sb is genuinely what it, he, etc.

假定或认为某事物/某人真如其显示的那样

e.g. She seems friendly enough but I shouldn't take her at (her)face value.

她好像够亲切的，可是我不应该信以为真。

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