| 短语 | keep up appearances |
| 释义 | keep up appearances to dress and behave in the way in which people expect you to, especially to hide your true situation维持面子; 保持常态; 装样子:•She just wanted to keep up appearances for the kids.她就是想为了孩子装装样子。keep up appearances to pretend that everything in your life is normal and happy even though you are in trouble, especially financial trouble〔尽管遇到钱财方面的麻烦仍〕佯装若无其事; 装门面 keep up appearances maintain an impression of wealth or well-being, especially to hide the true situation （尤指为了掩饰真实情况而）维持门面, 装门面, 装体面。 keep up appearances装门面;维持面子：My neighbour is very poor but he tries his best to keep up appearances.我的邻居很穷，但他尽最大努力装门面。 |
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