face value
face value — 名詞
1. the official amount of money printed on a coin, banknote, stamp, ticket, or fina
面額
硬幣、郵票、鈔票上標示的金額
the official amount of money printed on a coin, banknote, stamp, ticket, or financial document, which may be different from what people actually pay for it
The old coin has a face value of ten cents but collectors pay over two hundred dollars for it.
這枚老硬幣的面額是十美分，但收藏家願意花超過兩百美元購買。
collocation: face value of [amount]
Takeshi checked the face value of the stamp before putting it in his album.
Takeshi 把郵票放進集郵冊前，先確認了它的面額。
First-class stamps still have a face value printed in the corner.
第一類郵票的角落仍然印有面額。
The concert ticket listed a face value of fifty dollars, but Trang paid nearly twice that online.
演唱會門票標示的面額是五十美元，但 Trang 在網路上花了將近兩倍的錢才買到。
Each savings bond is sold below its face value and gains interest over time.
每張儲蓄公債都以低於面額的價格出售，並隨著時間增值。
- nominal value
more formal term, used especially for bonds and stocks
- par value
technical term in finance, usually the same as face value
- market value
what buyers are actually willing to pay
- collector value
what collectors will pay for rare items
文法句型
the face value of [coin/stamp/banknote]
用法筆記
Often contrasted with market value or collector value, which can be much higher or lower. For financial documents such as bonds and stock certificates, face value is also called par value.
常見錯誤
2. the way something appears to be when you first encounter it, without looking for
表面意義
不經深究所接受的表象
the way something appears to be when you first encounter it, without looking for hidden truth or checking whether it is correct
Rania took her colleague's promise at face value and was hurt when he broke it.
Rania 照字面相信了同事的承諾，在他失信時感到很受傷。
pattern: take [something] at face value
The lawyer warned her client not to accept the contract at face value.
律師警告她的當事人不要只看合約的表面字句就接受。
Owen learned the hard way that you cannot take online job advertisements at face value.
Owen 吃了苦頭才學到，不能光看網路徵才廣告的表面說詞。
Eshe read the email at face value and missed the hidden criticism between the lines.
Eshe 只讀了郵件的表面意思，沒看出字裡行間的暗諷。
The manager took the sales figures at face value until an audit revealed serious accounting errors.
經理只看銷售數字的表面就接受了，直到會計稽核才發現嚴重的帳務錯誤。
- surface value
less common, same meaning
- apparent meaning
more formal and explicit
- hidden meaning
the real intention behind the words
- subtext
the unspoken message
文法句型
take [something] at face value
accept [something] at face value
用法筆記
Almost always appears in the fixed phrase 'take/accept something at face value.' The noun itself is rarely used alone for this sense.