英 [ˌskɪn ˈdiːp] 美 [ˌskɪn ˈdiːp]
adj. 肤浅的；表面的；轻微的
skin deep //
形容词 Something that is only skin deep is not a major or important feature of something, although it may appear to be. 肤浅的; 表面的
Beauty is only skin deep.
美貌只是表面的东西。
... skin-crackiing 皮层热裂 skin-deep 皮毛的 skin-depth factor 皮厚因数 ...
... sullen economy 经济萧条 skin-deep 肤浅的，表面的 flawless 完美无缺的 ...
... skin someone alive 把某人活剥了皮 skin-deep 表面的 sleeper 爆出的冷门 ...
... [Subcutaneous（hypodermic）injection]医疗注射方法之一，将药物注射在皮肤下层、肌肉上方，区别于肌肉注射和静脉注射 [Skin-deep]只看到表面现象；不透彻，不深入 [Leather shoes]用皮、革等做成的鞋 ...
The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep and bone-showing.
然而，法国的措施过于依赖严厉的惩罚来改变一种仍然注重外表美和骨感美的文化。
Beauty is but skin-deep.
美丽只是外表。
Yet all these observers worry that this professionalism was only skin-deep.
然而，让所有观察员担心的是，这种专业仅仅是表面上得。
Guffawing critics ridicule this well-oiled "Singabore", casting its good citizens as naive, skin-deep and unadventurous.
The level of the designer's participation varies, too: In some projects it's only skin-deep, but in others it extends down to faucets.
Opposition politicians also suspect that Mr Banzer's reforming instincts are skin-deep.