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keep up appearances

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  • v.

    装门面;装潢门面;摆门面;保全面子

  • 学习怎么用

    双语例句

    用作不及物动词(vi.)
    1. Jane can put up a good front, but most of us know the real Jane.
      简很会装门面,但我们大多数人都知道真正的简是个什么人。
    2. It was an ordinary vase, but to save appearances, she said it was a family heirloom.
      它本来是一个普通花瓶,为了装门面,她却说它是一件传家宝。

    权威例句

    Keep up appearancesKeep up AppearancesThe High Cost of Paying for Reviews: The Pressure to Keep Up Appearances Is Encouraging Companies to Pay for PraiseBook Review of "Keep up Appearances-Worth the Hidden Rules"Neighbors keep up appearances, tend abandoned lawnsSUCCESS COACH: KEEP UP APPEARANCESSpeakers Keep Up AppearancesBusinesses keep up appearancesRusko fails to keep up appearancesSTRUGGLE FOR THE KREMLIN: Yeltsin's Men Fight to Keep Up Appearances