to all intents and purposes

几乎在一切方面, 实际上

例句与用法：

A cheerful person, to all appearances.

就表面迹象而论，是一个乐观的人

She kept smiling and to all appearances was enjoying herself.

她一直笑容满面，从外表看来她过得挺快活。

详细释义：

实质上

To all intents and purposes the business is my cousin's.

实质上商店是我表哥的。